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does that mean creamed corn technically a fruit smoothie?

Cornbread technically a fruitcake?

Corn fritters belong in the doughnut cabinet with apple fritters?

Does that mean whiskey is ketchup

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that botanically speaking all or most vegetables are fruits. Vegetable is a culinary term not a botanical term.

[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Too lazy to look it up now but "fruit" is the part of the plant that carries the seed, and we do eat a lot of those. Leafy food like spinach isn't fruit, but things like gourds are.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But also some “fruits” are not fruits, like strawberries.

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

strawberries are definitely fruit comrade, the fleshy part is the swollen ova of the flower, so if i'm remembering correctly the 'spots' on a strawberry the are actually individual fruits themselves

wheat, and rice are also fruit, rice wine and beer are fruit drinks 🍻

vegetable meaning loosely any edible part of a plant, fruits are also vegetables

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

fruits are also vegetables

osaka-oh-my-gah

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Yes that’s what I meant. What we consider a fruit in the strawberry is actually a pseudo fruit formed from the receptacle of the flower, not the ovaries. And the “seeds” are fruits with the seeds inside them.

And yes ofc fruits are vegetables. Every edible part of a plant is a vegetable. But also, vegetable is a culinary category and is very loose and unscientific so yeah…

[–] Helmic@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Strawberries are fruit, but they are not berries.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The fruits are the “seeds” on the surface. The “fruit” we think of is a pseudo fruit formed from the flower receptacle.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

they're also not straw

[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I had a friend who took a bunch of advanced bio courses in college and we got really drunk one night and he started talking about this and started a running joke where everything was botanically fruit. So, like, rocks, squirrels, pizza parties, all of them were "fruit."

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

how... how is a rock a fruit?

[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

He said "everything is fruit," so we started thinking of whatever we could and asking him if it was fruit, and he committed to the bit.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

Never heard of stonefruit? think-about-it

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

this mainly means that all food in every grocery in the US is technically in the fruit aisle.

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

The forbidden fruit

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gay Communism is out.

Fruity Cornunism is in. Hit the bricks. Spread the word.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

alright this is getting out of hand

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

Vegetables aren't real.

Except leaves. Those are vegetables.

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought they were a grain?

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

grains are fruit, sorry to let you down b

[–] MarxusMaximus@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It ain't ketchup without acid so bourbon is just brandy

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

well explain the original old English ketchup that's made with mushrooms'n'salt'n'shit

[–] MarxusMaximus@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago

It's made with mushrooms'n'salt'n'vinegar'n'shit

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

so whiskey and vinegar makes ketchup?

[–] WashedAnus@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Does that mean whiskey is ketchup

Now I want to try a tomato liqueur

[–] autism_2@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

does that mean creamed corn technically a fruit smoothie?

This has put me off corn for at least a month

[–] autism_2@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Creamed corn is a disgusting name on its own really, who the fuck came up with that

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

it's a grain

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Damn. His back walls are getting absolutely blown out! Respect.