Results: Fruit or vegetable?
Just because the score is settled scientifically, doesn't mean it's settled with us. What's your take?
Note: by dictionary/scientific definition, vegetables are a culinary term, and fruits are the mature ovary of a flowering plant, and its associated parts, such as seeds. What can I say, the more you know!
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Ah, tomatoes. A fruit, a berry, actually, though categorized as a vegetable by nutritionists. And the Supreme Court. Now there's some trivia fun for you! Fruit
37%
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784 votes
Vegetable
36%
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754 votes
So long as it's not in my fruit salad, what does it matter?
15%
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320 votes
Not Applicable
12%
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242 votes
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Cucumbers - like the tomato, botanically a fruit, but by culinary categorization a vegetable. Fruit
16%
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326 votes
Vegetable
72%
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1504 votes
Not Applicable
13%
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270 votes
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Zucchini - most definitely a fruit botanically, masquerading as a vegetable. Zucchini flowers are quite lovely, by the way, and edible to boot! Fruit
14%
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286 votes
Vegetable
73%
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1536 votes
Not Applicable
13%
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278 votes
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Peppers (I mean this in the general term) - once again, a fruit fooling us into thinking of it as a vegetable. If you, like me, like to slightly overthink the details, here's something to consider: many people eat raw bell peppers as a snack, often with hummus, like many people eat raw fruit (again, in the general term) - but I can't think of a time where I've eaten raw zucchini, except maybe as noodles! With that in mind, would you consider it a fruit or a vegetable? Fruit
12%
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252 votes
Vegetable
70%
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1464 votes
Depends on how it's served!
7%
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137 votes
Not Applicable
12%
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247 votes
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