Are potatoes vegetables?

Question

Just asking because someone told me that it isn't, and if that is the truth then I have been living a lie and i may possibly slip into deep depression!

Answer 1

technically there is no such thing as a vegetable, produce is either a stalk like celery, a fruit like an apple or tomato, a leaf like lettuce, a seed like corn, a legume like beans and lentils or a root like a potato or beet.

Answer 2

Yes they are.

Potatoes could be described as a root vegetable but are also described as tubers that grow in the soil or under the ground, out of direct sunlight.

There is a decorative climbing plant whose common name is a potato vine, or potato plant.

So no need to be depressed ! Keep eating those Veg!

Answer 3

Potatoes are certainly vegetables but they are loaded with carbs and starch unlike brocolli or many other green veggies.

Answer 4

A friend once told me that peanut butter is made with only those little seed thingys that come out of their bases.
But I know what you mean. I was calling a spade a shovel until I was in my teens.

Answer 5

Potatoes are technically "tubers," and, as such, are commonly lumped into the "vegetable" category.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

Yes becuase it comes from the ground. Anything that grows beneath the ground is a vegetable. Anything that grows from a tree or plant is a fruit!!

Answer 8

i think a potatoe is simply a spud,and i love spuds dont worry whether there veg or root a spud is great

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Yes, they are. Everyones knows that , have a nice day.