Fruit or Vegetable?
by Aurelia Schanzenbacher
Title
Fruit or Vegetable?
Artist
Aurelia Schanzenbacher
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
Painted in watercolor. I originally started this as an apple, but then realized that it's shape and color resembles a tomato. Either way, tomatoes are botanically defined as fruits because they form from a flower and contain seeds. Still, they’re most often utilized like a vegetable in cooking. In fact, the US Supreme Court ruled in 1893 that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable on the basis of its culinary applications. It’s not uncommon for culinary practices to blur the lines of scientific definitions of what constitutes a fruit or a vegetable. Many plants that are considered to be vegetables are actually fruits.
For all intents and purposes, tomatoes are both. If you’re talking to a farmer or gardener, they’re fruits. If you’re talking to a chef, they’re a vegetable.
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January 28th, 2021
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