Is pumpkin fruit?

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Originally Posted by Eruantien

just as much as a tomato is a vegetable

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I don't really get this.
Tomato has always screamed fruit to me.
It's red, juicy and sweet. What's so vegetable about that?

Tomatoes are used in a lot of savoury dishes which is why it, like pumpkins are sometimes called vegetables. Both can be used to make sweet dishes, but are labeled vegetables in common culture.

There is a saying:
Knowledge is knowing a tomato/pumpkin is a Fruit
Widsom is knowing not to put it into a fruit salad.

Well, can you make tomato pie?

I think the real test to see if something is a fruit is: Do you make pie with it?

What about Fish pie? Is fish a fruit or vegetable? Maybe if you are a fishocrite vegitarian ...

And Shepherd's Pie. Are sheep herders fruit?

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Originally Posted by Rokien

Well, can you make tomato pie?

I think the real test to see if something is a fruit is: Do you make pie with it?

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Pizza pie.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

I don't really get this.
Tomato has always screamed fruit to me.
It's red, juicy and sweet. What's so vegetable about that?

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ya exactly, I was using it as an example of other fruit people think is a vegetable

Wait... I think i eat tomato pies when I go mining on FFXIV... >.>

not to derail the subject of pumpkin but has anyone tried this fruit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum
it is also known as the miracle fruit. literally watched a states of tara episode this week with it and was like dang i need to try this out. not have yet but need to order some and it is actually pretty expensive. gonna probably buy a bunch and have a party with it and lots of foods that it makes taste good lol.

but basically if not check link it turns all bitter and sour foods into tasting sweet and good cause it latches something onto your tongue that does something with the acids in those foods that make it so they taste different. sounds like a fun time to try out with every sour and bitter food you can get your hands on and some beers!

"Goofy can't be a dog, he wears a hat and drives a car!"

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

There are 2 'classifications'

Botanically - Pumpkin is a Fruit
Cullinarily - Pumpkin is a Vegetable.

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culinarians don't make classifications, they cook. Pumpkin is a fruit. bananas are infertile fruits, just like breadfruit.