Tomatoes are a fruit because of many reasons, however they are utilized in cooking as a vegetable (think salad). Tomatoes flower into a fruit, like apples. Tomatoes have ovaries and seeds, like a fruit. according to laws passed by the U.S. Congress, it is a vegetable. In the culinary world, it is most often treated as a vegetable because it is served as part of the main meal, rather than as dessert. It's an age-old argument, but scientific facts do back up the botanical point of view. However tomatoes do take up the bill as a fruit looking at the botanical definition, a tomato is a fruit, as are peppers, eggplants and squash. According to SFgate, “The Nix brothers sued for back taxes paid because the tomato was considered a fruit, which was taxed under then current law. Vegetables were exempt. After debating the scientific definitions as well as the opinion of the general population, Congress formally declared the tomato a vegetable, excluding it from import taxes. The deciding factor was that a tomato was served as part of the main meal, whether it was ripe or green, and therefore was a vegetable”. In Ancient Rome the unmodified tomato was highly acidic, only fruits are acidic, so much that the original tomatoes caused lead poisoning. In conclusion, tomatoes are a fruit everywhere but redneckville(America). Ummm... I accidentally made an essay.
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