One of my tomato plants is loaded down with fruit… er, I mean vegetables. Gosh, shouldn’t tomatoes be called fruit? I had to do some quick research about this. Here are some links I found:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question143.htm
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bot00/bot00283.htm
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato

An interesting quote from one of them:

“The confusion about ‘fruit’ and ‘vegetable’ arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks.”

Hmm, so it’s just a terminology issue? Well, I consider cooks to be scientists. Chemists to be exact. To be a good cook you really must know chemistry.

Oh well, I guess I just need to use the correct term for tomatoes depending on if I’m feeling like a scientist or a cook.