Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1474arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1471arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-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-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 days agoVegetables don’t exist botanically and fruit has a very different meaning in a botanical context when compared to the culinary definition
minus-squareResonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours 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.
minus-squareniartenyaw@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 days agoIntelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoSalsa is a tomato based fruit salad. (I don’t take credit for this, I read it somewhere)
Vegetables don’t exist botanically and fruit has a very different meaning in a botanical context when compared to the culinary definition
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.
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)