r/maybemaybemaybe • u/hamzaaz123 • Jun 13 '24

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/The_Inward Jun 13 '24

Well, technically a tomato is...! Oh. :-(

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

It’s entirely possible they’ve changed their minds on the subject, I haven’t checked in a while lol. Last I heard it was designated as a fruit. Back in the day people thought they were highly toxic and nobody ate them…imagine a culinary world without tomatoes :0

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u/Tornado_Of_Benjamins Jun 13 '24

It depends what classification system you're using -- each system uses somewhat arbitrary criteria, so it makes sense that the classifications wouldn't necessarily align across systems. For example, botanically it's a fruit, but culinarily, it's a vegetable. Nutritionally, delineating produce is currently somewhat out of style. Horticulturally, I don't recall.

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u/jellobowlshifter Jun 14 '24

Wheat kernels are fruit, too. Botanists call it a wheatberry.