Vegetables

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Hesla

^ I think they are neither fruit nor Vegetable. They are in the Peppers classification, which i think is quite different from fruits or vegetables. I put them here because they are beside Vegetables in the grocery store.

No, they have seeds inside of the part that you eat, therefore, fruit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper

Other fruits:
Tomatos
Cucumbers
Pea Pods
Squash

[Knut]

Would you classify Habanero's, Chili peppers and Jalopeno's as fruits then too ?

Who cares really, the definition of fruits and vegetables has changed to being more of a food orientated, than a science orientated one.

Seldom do you just bite down into a raw pepper while you watch TV, you use it as a compliment to your main dish.. most likely cooked.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Hesla

Would you classify Habanero's, Chili peppers and Jalopeno's as fruits then too ?

Yes.

[comrade]

Red onion

[Bertuzzied]

Gai lan is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bok choy. Bok choy is only good when you msg the hell out of it.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Mung beans
Okra
Onions
Nopal

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by schteve_d

Asparagus has gotta be number one for me. Between lunches and suppers I must eat it six times a week.

Sweet potatoes, beets, corn, peas, baby carrots, raw spinach. Hmmm, maybe I like veggies more than I thought!

Holy shat. You must have the funkiest smelling piss ever.

[BlAcKNoVa]

Potatoes
cauliflower
broccoli
celery
cabbage

[Huntingwhale]

Anything. I'll eat pretty much any vegetable if it's in front of me.

[Traditional_Ale]

[Coys1882]

I thought I heard somewhere once that technically there is no way to determine what is a vegetable or not because vegetable is a term made strictly for culinary purposes.

Too lazy to google it though.

[troutman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable

The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweetfruit or seed. This usually means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant.

However, the word is not scientific, and its meaning is largely based on culinary and cultural tradition. Therefore, the application of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. For example, some people consider mushrooms to be vegetables,[1][2][3] while others consider them a separate food category.[4]

There are at least four definitions relating to fruits and vegetables:

• Fruit (scientific): the ovary of a seed-bearing plant,
• Fruit (culinary): any edible part of a plant with a sweet flavor,
• Vegetable: any edible part of a plant with a savory flavor.
• Vegetable (legal): commodities that are taxed as vegetables in a particular jurisdiction

In everyday, grocery-store, culinary language, the words "fruit" and "vegetable" are mutually exclusive; plant products that are called fruit are hardly ever classified as vegetables, and vice versa. For scientists, the word "fruit" has a precise botanical meaning (a part that developed from the ovary of a flowering plant), which is considerably different from its common meaning, and includes many poisonous fruits. While peaches, plums, and oranges are "fruit" in both senses, many items commonly called "vegetables" — such as eggplants, bell peppers, and tomatoes — are technically fruits, while cereals are both a fruit and a vegetable, as well as some spices like black pepper and chillies. Some plant products, such as corn or peas, may be considered vegetables only while still unripe.

The question of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable found its way into the United States Supreme Court in 1893. The court ruled unanimously in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the 1883 Tariff Act on imported produce. The court did acknowledge, however, that, botanically speaking, a tomato is a fruit.[8]

[MoneyGuy]

I love almost every veggie there is. Put 'em in a stir fry and they're all good. Or in a glass. I like to drink my veggies as a low-salt V8 bevvie. Umm. Think I'll go for a glass right now. I keep the cans around the office and at home. Oh, also soup. Love those veggie soups. Aren't I a healthy bugger.