Tomatoes are neither fruits nor vegetables.

Berries are not fruits.

And tomatoes are squash

I think the reason there is so much initial disagreement with this (and I guarantee you can find data supporting whatever viewpoint you want on the intarwebz) is that humans like binary shit.

 

That is awesome trivial information I will now use to make myself sound smart. Thank you, Dave.

 

They sell roasted peanuts together with tomatoes and watermelons on the side of the road.

 

Berries aren't fruit? That's actually one I didn't know.

 

what differentiates a berry from a fruit?

because my understanding was that any plant part bearing seeds was a fruit

 

I'm yet to find any information on the interwebz that doesn't regard both tomatoes and berries as fruits.

Evidence plz.

 

a horticulturalist once told me it was potassium sorbate content.

 

so no sources outside of what some guy, professional or not, told you once?

and a horticulturalist's perspective may vary from that of a culinary professional or a botanist...i do not know what seperates a horticulturalist from other people, except for their interest in, and knowledge of, growing plants

tomatoes are treated as culinary vegetables, and botanically (as far as i am aware) as fruits

no offence, but even at good universities colleagues within the same disciplines will teach their students differing things based on what they believe is right.....for instance, i've taken a neuroscience class wherein the professor expressed disdain for the efficacy of virtually all brain scanning techniques, yet other people swear by them and regard their interpretations as practically gospel truth...this sheds no light on which view is more accurate, it simply illustrates the point that even people who "know what they're talking about" disagree and one person's words don't REALLY make good evidence...

 

True berries are by the botany definition always fruit, but not all fruit are berries. For instance strawberries, raspberries and boysenberries are not technically berries. Squash is a fruit. If squash = tomato then tomato = fruit

 

delicious is the only classification i need for these foods

 

The only detailed article I could find on the subject the wikipedia entry: 'fruit'.

 

Take from that what you will.

 

I have already read all those entries a few months ago when I was wondering if jalapenos were fruit.

 

I agree with nesta...

And is pumpkin a fruit?

 

yes, it's a squash.

 

I thought squash was squash and squash was a veggie.

In my mind that's like saying "Yes, it's a carrot."

 

^ uh-huh!!!!

 

Is that to me HushHush?

 

read the stuff facey posted.

squash is a culinary vegetable, as in it is treated as a veggie in the kitchen because it is savory, but it is botanically classified as a fruit. People just don't think of it as such since it is not very sweet.