Why Tomatoes Are Fruits, and Strawberries Aren't Berries
Did you know that bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't? A lot of thought goes into classifying fruits and vegetables, and it all has to do with anatomy. ---------- Dooblydoo thanks...
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Alright, so we all know that personwho, every time you say anything,they're like "Actually, technically, tomatoes aren't vegetables!"And... I just.. before we do this episode,I just want to encourage you not to be that personBut, knowing the real classifications of the stuff that we eatcan tell you a lot about where fruits and vegetablescome from and how they're developed.So it's pretty interestingjust don't use it to be an insufferable pedant.For example, officially speaking,Anything that is a root, stem or leaf of a plantqualifies as a vegetable.meaning that some things that you might ordinarilyconsider a fruit, is actually a vegetable.Rhubarb, for instance, we think of akind of like a fruity thing becauseit&...
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Alright, so we all know that personwho, every time you say anything,they're like "Actually, technically, tomatoes aren't vegetables!"And... I just.. before we do this episode,I just want to encourage you not to be that personBut, knowing the real classifications of the stuff that we eatcan tell you a lot about where fruits and vegetablescome from and how they're developed.So it's pretty interestingjust don't use it to be an insufferable pedant.For example, officially speaking,Anything that is a root, stem or leaf of a plantqualifies as a vegetable.meaning that some things that you might ordinarilyconsider a fruit, is actually a vegetable.Rhubarb, for instance, we think of akind of like a fruity thing becauseit&...
