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Originally posted by kellsyI think the cucumber and the family it belongs to are vegetables.
What about a cucumber is that a friut or a vegetable, I always thought it was a vegetable but it it belongs to the same family as the marrow, courgette, squash and pumpkin, are they fruits?
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In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which would include plum, apple and orange. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plants they come from. Fruits that might not be considered such in a culinary context include cucurbits (e.g. squash and pumpkin), maize, tomatoes, and green peppers. These are fruits to a botanist, but are generally treated as vegetables in cooking. Some spices, such as allspice and nutmeg, are fruits. Rarely, culinary "fruits" are not fruits in the botanical sense, such as rhubarb in which only the astringent stalk, or petiole, is edible. Indeed, under European Union trade rules a carrot is defined as a fruit, presumably because fruits are taxed at a higher duty and carrot jam is a popular Portuguese dish.
duh!
Originally posted by PeachyAny fruit without seeds is either a mutant or GM.
How about seedless grapes? are they some sort of confused fruit..?
or a fruit that wants to be different.. alternative.. rebellious against
its kind..
Or have they been genetically castrated..?
You see...
oh wait. You're pulling my leg.
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Nice one.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitTony Blair
Surprising Fruits!
Egg Plant
Peppers
Tomatos
Olives
Avacado
Cucumber
Bad Wolf
More?
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Not only he is a fruit, but has cabbage for brains and is a nutty nutter..
"Think of the world as a BIG fruit cake.. without few nuts in it, it wouldn't be
complete.."