Did You Know?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (167017)
Boise, Idaho
September 11, 2021 9:37pm CST
I found this interesting: I am amazed at the foods we know as vegetables that are actually a fruit. Those that are full of seeds and grow on a vine. Two examples are Corn and pumpkins. So when we eat a piece of pumpkin pie we are actually eating a fruit pie. Corn is actually grown like a grain but is technically a fruit because of the way it grows. Eggplants, avocados, and cucumbers are all fruit. Eggplant is actually a berry.
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@celticeagle (167017)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Sep 21
That is rather well known. The others I mentioned were new to me.
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what else is left ...
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
12 Sep 21
Who told you corn is a fruit it doesn’t the the discription. It’s a grain. A grain in which my youngest child can actually eat. Pumpkins I could see why it might be a fruit it it’s not it’s part of the squash family and squash are vegetables. Banana are berries.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
15 Sep 21
@celticeagle well corn grows on stocks that makes it a grain. Tomatoes grown on vines like grapes do which is a fruit.
I wouldn’t know corn is a grain because it’s one of the plants that my 6 year old can eat and be used as a flour base.
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@Deepizzaguy (102916)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Sep 21
I did not know that eggplant is a berry.
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@Deepizzaguy (102916)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Sep 21
@celticeagle I did learn something. Thank you for sharing.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
12 Sep 21
@celticeagle
I did not know that corn and cucumbers are considered a fruit and I always thought they were vegetables.
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@celticeagle (167017)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Sep 21
They go by how they grow. With seeds are most common.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
15 Sep 21
@celticeagle
ok and thanks for letting me know.
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@t100068 (289)
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29 Oct 21
I didn’t know that pumpkin pie is a fruit pie, because I always thought that pumpkin was a vegetable not a fruit. So cucumbers are a fruit as well and cucumbers have a lot of water in them. Are bell peppers a fruit too? I’m aware that avocado is a fruit but I didn’t know that eggplants are actually berries. What’s your favorite fruit?
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@celticeagle (167017)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 21
It all depends on how they grow. I think peppers might be. Not sure.
Pineapple is my favorite fruit.
@t100068 (289)
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30 Oct 21
@celticeagle Pineapple is really good. Thank you for the valuable information about corn, eggplants, avocados and cucumbers.
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@celticeagle (167017)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Sep 21
Yeah, it is all in how they grow. Seeds and so forth.
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@LindaOHio (178781)
• United States
13 Sep 21
Interesting. I wouldn't have thought that corn was a fruit.
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@CuriousGab (3292)
• India
12 Sep 21
We know things wrongly and we teach the future generation the same
But it doesn't matter what it is called a fruit or veggie as long as it fills our stomach
But it doesn't matter what it is called a fruit or veggie as long as it fills our stomach1 person likes this
