[Sca-cooks] Fruit or vegetable?

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, David Walddon wrote:

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> I am looking for a working definition between a fruit and a vegetable.
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> Does anyone have a good one? Or comments on the below?
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ah. the problem is that there are botanical definitions, the
homecook definitions, the culinary definitions, and the legal
definitions.

vegetable is a culinary word.
fruit is a culinary and botanical word.

i personally go with the botanical definitions
to avoid confusion with commonplace definitions.

there are berries, pomes, drupes, false berries, accessory fruits,
compound fruits and multiple fruits

the tomato is legally a vegatable but botanical a fruit, per
the united states supreme court in 1893.

a vegetable is anything that is not a fruit.
roots crops are vegetables.
immature flowers and buds are vegetables.

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> The many definitions I have found are at odds with each other or fog
> the issue with ambiguity!
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> Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
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> Eduardo
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terry l. ridder ><>