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Fruits in Disguise
 BECOME A KITCHEN BOTANIST: FRUITS IN DISGUISE
Sometimes you eat a lot of fruits when you think you are eating only one.
A strawberry has a lot of little brown specks on the surface that remind you of very small seeds. Each one is a fruit. The sections of a pineapple are also individual fruits. Each kernel of corn is a fruit.
All nuts are fruits, but by the time we buy them the ovary wall or husk has been removed, and you crack open the seed and eat the embryo. Some fruits, like peanuts, even grow underground.
Can a fruit also be a vegetable? Yes! Fruits have a scientific definition, but vegetables do not. They are defined only by tradition. So a plant served in a meal that is not sweet can always be called a vegetable...even if it is actually a fruit, like peas, corn, beans or tomatoes. |
