▲ 271 ▼ Tomatrule (feddit.de) submitted 2 years ago by BlueFairyPainter@feddit.de to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Pepsi@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Maybe you don't. https://www.cinnamonandkale.co.uk/creamy-broccoli-sauce/ https://easybrazilianfood.com/creamy-carrot-sauce-molho-de-cenoura/ https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-tomatoes-recipe-1947520 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago I love playing around with recipes so have indeed made broc and carrot sauces, but this is kind of all about what feels right to say. And I think that there's a lot of cases where it feels wrong to describe tomato as a vegetable. Kind of how I'd feel odd calling lettuce a vegetable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Okay but if someone offered me a pizza with broccoli or carrot sauce I'd have to politely, but firmly refuse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Your definition of vegetable is "cannot be used as base for pizza sauce"? Oddly specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago The whole basis for calling it a vegetable is "I don't want to call it a fruit" so let's not get too pedantic here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Not sure where I said that, I was referring to nachorella's comment up thread. If you want to know my definition, it's pretty much aligned with the science definition. Fruits: the parts of the plant containing seeds (with the exception of pods). Vegetables: the rest of the plant (including pods) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago I love playing around with recipes so have indeed made broc and carrot sauces, but this is kind of all about what feels right to say. And I think that there's a lot of cases where it feels wrong to describe tomato as a vegetable. Kind of how I'd feel odd calling lettuce a vegetable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Okay but if someone offered me a pizza with broccoli or carrot sauce I'd have to politely, but firmly refuse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Your definition of vegetable is "cannot be used as base for pizza sauce"? Oddly specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago The whole basis for calling it a vegetable is "I don't want to call it a fruit" so let's not get too pedantic here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Not sure where I said that, I was referring to nachorella's comment up thread. If you want to know my definition, it's pretty much aligned with the science definition. Fruits: the parts of the plant containing seeds (with the exception of pods). Vegetables: the rest of the plant (including pods) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Your definition of vegetable is "cannot be used as base for pizza sauce"? Oddly specific. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago The whole basis for calling it a vegetable is "I don't want to call it a fruit" so let's not get too pedantic here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Not sure where I said that, I was referring to nachorella's comment up thread. If you want to know my definition, it's pretty much aligned with the science definition. Fruits: the parts of the plant containing seeds (with the exception of pods). Vegetables: the rest of the plant (including pods) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago The whole basis for calling it a vegetable is "I don't want to call it a fruit" so let's not get too pedantic here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Not sure where I said that, I was referring to nachorella's comment up thread. If you want to know my definition, it's pretty much aligned with the science definition. Fruits: the parts of the plant containing seeds (with the exception of pods). Vegetables: the rest of the plant (including pods) permalink fedilink source parent
