   Tomato: Fruit vs. Vegetable
  Sorry, but how could anyone possibly think that a tomato is a vegetable? I mean, it has all the characteristics of a fruit. What is the argument in the whole fruit vs. vegetable thing? Is anyone here on the side of the vegetable?All I know is that they taste really good.   
  A tomato is a fruit. Fact. ;  What are you talking about jmg5? Tomates (whole) are the most awful thing on the face of the planet.  I pick tomatoes off every food that has them.  The only way you could consider them good is to make them into some kind of sauce to put on foods like pizza or spagetti.Anyway, tomatoes are a fruit, maybe because their seeds are visible and its not cool enough to be a vegetable.   [edited by - GreenToad on August 1, 2003 6:21:00 PM];  It''s a non-issue.. People assumed it to be a vegetable since it''s served with vegetables more often than not. ;  A tomato is a fruit. Fact. ;  Sorry. I live in a hick town, and people say things like: "If a tomato is a fruit, then how come it isn''t in the FFA fruit sale?"(FFA being Future Farmers of America...) ;  Because if you are going to have a fruit salad, you don''t expect to have tomatoes even if it is a fruit.  It''s kind of an outcast.  ;  Probably because they taste crappy. Although, to be fair, this is coming from someone whose exposure to tomatoes comes mostly from the sliced, fast food variety.They''re still fruits, though. ;  You people are insane. I love tomatos. I eat ''em every day. They''re especially good with salt ;  who doe care how they taste if the hunger goes away 