• C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I don’t mind calling all of those things fruit. It seems people get really weird about making savoury meals out of fruit. Like I know a tomato is a fruit, I put tomato on pizza, I never once while making pizza have a thought about whether a vegetable or a fruit is going on my pizza. It’s just a tomato, it can swing both ways.

    • SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I prefer polysemy. There is a very useful category of “edible plants typically used in savory dishes”. Imagine someone being upset with you because you brought green beans when they asked for a side of vegetables.

      I don’t see the point in taking the botanical definition of fruit and pretending it’s useful in the culinary world.