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So what's the difference between fruit and veg ? Why is it that some products we consider to be vegetables, for example tomatoes, are in fact fruit and some that we consider to be fruits eg rhubarb, are in fact vegetables ? And more importantly who the hell cares ?
A tested definition of a fruit is the ripened seed bearing part of a plant when fleshy and edible. So the fruit is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds so therefore eggplants, tomatoes, cucumber, marrows, pumpkins and butternut are all fruits. Vegetables on the other hand are herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as roots, stems, leaves or flowers placing rhubarb firmly in the realm of vegetables. Now the reason that this is so important is that researchers have recently discovered that fruit fans differ from vegetable lovers so before you start empathising with their results you better really understand where you stand in the fruit and vegetable stakes.
Vegetable lovers favour spicy foods, drink wine with their meals and will cook elaborate dishes for friends. Sweet toothed fruit fans plump for puddings, entertain fewer guests and are less adventurous in the kitchen. I don't why they spent so much time and money to discover this astounding information but if nothing else comes of it then at least it will keep me amused in the queue at Mr A's as I check out the basket of the person in front of me - is that a fruit or a vegetable ?........on balance are there more fruits or more vegetables?.........how many bottles of wine are lurking under those floppy spinach leaves ?........why has this oke only got boerewors ? I reckon it's going to keep me enthralled for hours.

src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/antilo0p?i=http://kitschnzinc.blogspot.com/2005/05/fruit-or-veg.html" type=text/javascript charset=utf-8></SCRIPT> src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/static/site-tracker.js" type=text/javascript charset=utf-8></SCRIPT> Posted by brian at 11:50 AM   I guess all peppers are also fruits? Who knew