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Solanum Smoothies (mander.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't know why tomatoes are always the go-to "technically a fruit"

There are ones that are a lot weirder

Legumes are also fruits, so peanut butter is a smoothie

Heck, refried beans are a smoothie!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Because some people dont have the mindset of yhe biological(the scientific mindset) and culinary(the common mindset) seperate.

Tomato is common for it because its a fruit biologically and a vegetable culinarily.

Other examples of it in common practice is "berries". Culinarily, strawberries and raspberries are berries, and bananas arent. Biologically its the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think its fair to say a smoothie at least means you drink it from a cup. Is this how you're refried beans?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I have actually done that… well, I had a medical problem with swallowing and I was making shakes of all kinds of savory foods. Sorta like smooth soups… chicken and broth, roast beef with rice and potatoes, beans with salsa and cilantro… pretty good actually. I kinda miss the chicken milk.

[–] candybrie 2 points 11 months ago

Smoothie bowls are pretty popular.

[–] agent_flounder 1 points 11 months ago

Wait you don't?

[–] VelvetGentleman 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Tomato toxic when it green, but delicious when it red. Creeping nightshade toxic when it green, but has anyone even tried it when it red? Probably delicious.

[–] ShakeThatYam 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Since when are green tomatoes toxic? I eat fried green tomatoes every summer...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Oh, I'm.... I'm so sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

From just some cursory googling it looks like they are toxic when raw, but frying them neutralizes the toxicity. That's probably why you've never noticed!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Potatoes fall into this category too of both delicious and nightshade fun. So tastes great like anti freeze but it takes a lot longer to finally get you.

[–] alekwithak 1 points 11 months ago

What? I love green tomatoes:(

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Baba ganoush is pretty good

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One of the only smoked smoothies out there!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Brisket smoothie. Your comment put that image in my head so I want it to be everyone else's problem now

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints 2 points 11 months ago

🤢🥹

I think the formula was "preexisting 'fruit' pureé generally considered a vegetable" not a pitch for new episodes of "Will It Blend?" 🤗

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Came here to say that!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Chilis peppers are also fruit, and there's smoothie of them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I make banging pineapple kiwi salsa. It's basically a spicy smoothie with Hungarian wax peppers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that just Sriracha?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Just one of the many forms of pepper smoothie.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have eaten American Black Nightshade berries before. They taste like tiny tomatoes mixed with blueberries. I haven't had a full smoothie of them before though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah was gonna say a smoothie of black nightshade would be great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Would need some other fruits for flavor but would be a good addition

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

That Weird Fruit Explorer guy on Youtube has made some pretty interesting solanum smoothies and weird ketchups.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

"Cooking with Cody: Nightshade Stew"

https://youtu.be/VWkNpu5KYIQ?si=D2iY-KKap97fi_vw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Demetrius, give it a fucking rest.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All fruits are technically vegetables as they are edible parts of plants.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Technically" fruit is a term in both botany and culinary lexicons, but vegetable is only a term for culinary purposes.

Trying to cross terms with different meanings between lexicons and hoping to get order out isn't reasonable.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The original issue stems from an agricultural conmerce point, however, as the definitions dictated vastly different tariff rates, etc. In short, vegetables were often staples, and fruits were seen as luxuries. Therefore, when tomatoes first began arriving from the East, the savvy trader would call them vegetables in order to lessen their own cost to transport them, but claim they were fruit when wholesaling inland, IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

[Citation needed]