My 11 year old sister says a potato isn't a vegetable . I say it is who agrees?

Answer 1

it's definitely a vegetable.. you are very much correct.

now go rub it in :)

Answer 2

IYour right, t is 100% a vegetable. However, potato does not contribute to your 5 fruit and vegetables a day. This is only due to it's starch content. A sweet potato however does add to your 5 a day!

She may be getting confused with that perhaps?

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Answer 3

The potato is a vegetable.
However, I don't really feel it should be included in the vegetable category.

Thanks to lack of money, many places consider french fries and ketchup to be "servings" of vegetables.

That is psychotic.


Anyway, I am sure my fellow veg*ans will correct me if I am wrong about my disdain for the potato "vegetable."
:)

Answer 4

Well, according to Webster's Dictionary you're right...

A potato is a veggie...(it's even in the dictionary definition of vegetable!)

Main Entry: 2vegetable
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1: plant 1b
2: a usually herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal; also : such an edible part

Answer 5

She may be thinking about a TOMATO, which is a fruit. The potato is a vegetable.

Answer 6

Potatoes are vegetables. They are actually root vegetables known as tubers.

Answer 7

In the biological sense it is a vegetable. In the nutritional sense it is a simple carbohydrate (most vegetables are complex carbohydrates) and so a diabetic classes them with bread and other grains. They share this quality with sweet potatoes, peas and fresh corn.

Answer 8

a potato is a vegetable in the tubers category

Answer 9

This is a common misconception.Potatoes are actually a large breed of hamster.

Answer 10

a potatoe is not considered as a vegi it is considered as a meat.why I do not know but that is what it is considered as.