Serious question: do people on team fruit also call other “culinary vegetables” fruits, such as cucumbers, zucchini, corn, eggplants, bell peppers, green beans, etc.?

[–] famousringo@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been told that beans are an especially magical fruit.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Especially if you know how to flick it

[–] zer0nix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Flick it to stick it!

[–] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't mind calling all of those things fruit. It seems people get really weird about making savoury meals out of fruit. Like I know a tomato is a fruit, I put tomato on pizza, I never once while making pizza have a thought about whether a vegetable or a fruit is going on my pizza. It's just a tomato, it can swing both ways.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I prefer polysemy. There is a very useful category of “edible plants typically used in savory dishes”. Imagine someone being upset with you because you brought green beans when they asked for a side of vegetables.

I don’t see the point in taking the botanical definition of fruit and pretending it’s useful in the culinary world.