@Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-210 days agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1478arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.org@Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-210 days agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-square@BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish28•10 days agoVegetables don’t exist botanically and fruit has a very different meaning in a botanical context when compared to the culinary definition
minus-square@niartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish15•9 days agoIntelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
minus-square@Default_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 days agoSalsa is a tomato based fruit salad. (I don’t take credit for this, I read it somewhere)
minus-square@Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 days agoYou can still consider roots, stems, and leaves as vegetables. Of course you have to be more stringent with fruits, and nuts/seeds imo are in a category of their own.
Vegetables don’t exist botanically and fruit has a very different meaning in a botanical context when compared to the culinary definition
Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Salsa is a tomato based fruit salad. (I don’t take credit for this, I read it somewhere)
You can still consider roots, stems, and leaves as vegetables.
Of course you have to be more stringent with fruits, and nuts/seeds imo are in a category of their own.