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[–] SexyTimeSasquatch 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

They're both. The term vegetable can mean either a part of a plant that people eat, or in a culinary sense it can refer to savory plant based foods that excludes things like grains, legumes, nuts, etc. In either case tomatoes, being both an edible part of a plant and savory gets to be a vegetable.

On a different level, botanically, not only is it a fruit, but it is a true berry.

So yeah, it can be, and is both things depending on the how you're looking at it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I don't even know what "savory" means. What does that mean. I see it all the time but it means nothing to me.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

It has 2 general meanings:

  • English synonym for umami
  • Any food that's not sweet
[–] CodexArcanum 12 points 9 months ago

Savory is the English term for the fifth flavor, often called umami. Savory foods have a distinct flavor different from salt, sour, bitter, and sweet. Sometimes described as "meaty." Other high umami foods include soy-based foods and mushrooms.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

To add to the other explanations, if you've ever had MSG it is literally THE savory flavor distilled. If you've ever had Cool ranch Doritos, the aftertaste is kind of savory.

[–] macarthur_park 4 points 9 months ago

One definition: food “belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.”

It’s a bit of an odd definition but it gets the gist across. An example of using savory: differentiating between pies with savory filling (meats, vegetables, etc) and sweet filling (fruits, custard).

[–] CodexArcanum 3 points 9 months ago

Time to add a longer tail to the right side of the meme with your post on it with the transcendent "nuanced and complete position" wojak.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Carrots are pretty sweet

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

At those times I'm really glad that Portuguese distinguishes between fruta (culinary fruit) and fruto (botanical fruit; also posh word for yield, output). It means that the underlying false dichotomy doesn't even work in the language.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

[–] edgemaster72 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

CHA is selling tomato fruit salad by calling it salsa

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are we all supposed to know what CHA is?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Botany: tomatoes are fruits. But apples aren't!

Culinary: tomatoes are the key to a BLT.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Oklahoma: watermelons are vegetables