Is it true that tomatoes aren't really vegetables...?

Question

...and are actually meat?

Answer 1

tomatoes are botanically fruits

Answer 2

Botanically speaking, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant: a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. However, from a culinary perspective, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and it is typically served as part of a main course of a meal, as are other vegetables, rather than at dessert. As noted above, the term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term.

Answer 3

i don't know about meat but the tomato was originally thought of as a vegetable but then it was said that fruits have seeds and a star like center (something like that) and so it came to become known as a fruit... but i think it's still considered a vegetable.

Answer 4

They are really a fruit, not a vegetable and definately not meat. Not even the big beef variety.

Answer 5

No, they are fruits, not meat, as they contain seeds.

Unless you're talking about Killer Tomatoes, that is, which is a different story altogether

Answer 6

It's only meat if there's a cow inside wearing a tomato suit, otherwise it's a fruit.

Answer 7

tomatoes are fruits because they have seeds, not sure how meat fits in with tomatoes - only thing i can think of is beef tomatoes, or maybe in reference to the fleshy insides.

Answer 8

I heard something about tomatoes actually being FRUIT because they have their seeds inside them, but I don't know if that's true.

Answer 9

Yippers, it is absolutely correct, it is a fruit, even though we use it in salads etc. Tomatoes aren't meat lol

Answer 10

I believe that tomatoes are indeed meat.

When run over by a car they splatter just like a hedgehog, therefore, are animal in origin.

Anyone who says they are a fruit is obviously tomatophobic.

Answer 11

They are fruits. The result of pollination of the blossom and a fruit develops enclosing the seeds. The fruit is green and gradually matures and ripens and changes colour from green to yellow to orange to red.