8 1/2 months, or 34 wks pregnant and i have no cravings, but love eating whole pickles, the big kind. I have some kind of phobia of fresh veggies bc i worry about them either not being ripe or being old. I was wondering if a pickle counted as a veggie, considering its made from a cucumber.
2006-07-22 06:54:47 · 17 answers · asked by Shauniesbabycarsonsmommy 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
A pickle is a cucumber yet it grows on a vine so I say (like a tomatoe) it's a fruit.
2006-07-22 06:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by Lipstick 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A pickle is a cucumber so I would say it's a veggie. Veggies are good for you, especially fresh ones. I wouldn't worry about them being ripe or old. The taste will let you know. I'm due Sept 1st so we are about at the same place in pregnancy! Good luck.
2006-07-22 13:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by Sadie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pickle is one veggie, but you need 8 different veggies to get you through the day. So, eat a tomato, a carrot, a squash, , greens and spinach, a cole- maybe broccoli, and some onion- and then enjoy your pickle. You can cook all those veggies together except for the pickle.
2006-07-26 12:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by chilixa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pickle is a cucumber which technically is a fruit. I think after it's been in brine the nutritional value is gone. But you might be needing the salt. I crave those pickle flavored potato chips. Sooo good!!
2006-07-22 14:08:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep it's a veg. but if you're really so pregnant you should be eating other ones besides just pickles. get cooked veg from a restaurant maybe. certainly you wouldn't want to pass a foolish phobia onto your child?
EDIT: To you folks below me insisting it's a fruit, see the following from Answers.com:
"veg·e·ta·ble
A plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower. The edible part of such a plant. A member of the vegetable kingdom; a plant.
vegetable, term originally used for any plant, now the name for many food plants, most of them annuals, and for their edible parts. There is no clear botanical distinction between vegetables and fruits. Most vegetables consist largely of water, making them low in calories. They are excellent sources of fiber, vitamins A and C, potassium, calcium, and iron.
from WordNet:
Meaning #1:
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
Meaning #2:
any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
and then you can follow the link to the Nix v. Hedden Decision about tomatoes which states that regardless of it's botanical classification it is and was considered a vegetable by the Supreme Court."
OK, so please folks you might try a simple google lookup before you say this stuff like you just KNOW. 8-/
2006-07-22 14:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by pitchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are, they are made from pickling cucumbers and brine or vinegar type substances......just be careful as all the preservatives will thin the blood. they aren't subject to the same freshness values as other foods due to the pickling process
2006-07-22 13:58:50 · answer #6 · answered by me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pickle is actually a cucumber. It is a fruit.
2006-07-22 13:59:34 · answer #7 · answered by KIT-KAT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a veggie. Made from cucumbers, just pickled. (no pun intended)..
Good Luck on Motherhood....you'll be craving "free time for yourself" before you know it.
2006-07-22 13:59:23 · answer #8 · answered by Dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well a cucumber is a fruit (it has seeds) so a pickle would be a fruit all so
2006-07-22 14:02:54 · answer #9 · answered by paulofhouston 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pickle are consider cucumber, so they are fruit instead of vegetable.
2006-07-22 14:10:47 · answer #10 · answered by Tori 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋