Machinations of the Mind...

[Secret Chief]

Tomatoes are berries, strawberries are nuts, peanuts are beans. We made a lot of taxonomic errors on the way.

Next you'll be claiming that steaks are dead animals.

 

[Heyo]

Next you'll be claiming that steaks are dead animals.

Meat is murder! Tasty, tasty murder.

 

[Secret Chief]

Meat is murder! Tasty, tasty murder.

Don't forget the nice chianti.

 

[ChristineM]

Hmmm...

If tomatoes are a fruit, would that make tomato soup a hot fruit smoothie?

Is strawberry soup made from berries

Spoiler: Answer

No, a strawberry is not a berry, nor is it a single fruit

 

[Nakosis]

Hmmm...

If tomatoes are a fruit, would that make tomato soup a hot fruit smoothie?

Even the Supreme Court has weighed in on the issue. In 1893, the high court was forced to rule on whether imported tomatoes should be taxed under the Tariff Act of 1883, which only applied to vegetables and not fruits.
Although both sides cited dictionary definitions of the two words, the court sided unanimously with #TeamVegetable.
Justice Horace Grey summed up the argument succinctly:
"Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas," Grey wrote in the court's opinion.
"But in the common language of the people … all these are vegetables which are grown in kitchen gardens, and which, whether eaten cooked or raw, are, like potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and lettuce, usually served at dinner in, with, or after the soup, fish, or meats which constitute the principal part of the repast, and not, like fruits generally, as dessert."
Here's Why a Tomato Is Actually Both a Fruit And Vegetable

 

[SigurdReginson]

Even the Supreme Court has weighed in on the issue. In 1893, the high court was forced to rule on whether imported tomatoes should be taxed under the Tariff Act of 1883, which only applied to vegetables and not fruits.
Although both sides cited dictionary definitions of the two words, the court sided unanimously with #TeamVegetable.
Justice Horace Grey summed up the argument succinctly:
"Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas," Grey wrote in the court's opinion.
"But in the common language of the people … all these are vegetables which are grown in kitchen gardens, and which, whether eaten cooked or raw, are, like potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and lettuce, usually served at dinner in, with, or after the soup, fish, or meats which constitute the principal part of the repast, and not, like fruits generally, as dessert."
Here's Why a Tomato Is Actually Both a Fruit And Vegetable

I'm glad this is settled, then!

But wait... Sometimes vegetables can be used for dessert as well, like carrots in carrot cake, or zucchinis in zucchini bread!

I call BS!

 

[Heyo]

I call BS!

You can't "call" BS.
But you can call shenanigans.