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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They're both. The term vegetable can mean either a part of a plant that people eat, or in a culinary sense it can refer to savory plant based foods that excludes things like grains, legumes, nuts, etc. In either case tomatoes, being both an edible part of a plant and savory gets to be a vegetable.

On a different level, botanically, not only is it a fruit, but it is a true berry.

So yeah, it can be, and is both things depending on the how you're looking at it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I don't even know what "savory" means. What does that mean. I see it all the time but it means nothing to me.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Savory is the English term for the fifth flavor, often called umami. Savory foods have a distinct flavor different from salt, sour, bitter, and sweet. Sometimes described as "meaty." Other high umami foods include soy-based foods and mushrooms.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    One definition: food “belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.”

    It’s a bit of an odd definition but it gets the gist across. An example of using savory: differentiating between pies with savory filling (meats, vegetables, etc) and sweet filling (fruits, custard).

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