Posts Tagged With: Fruit
What is a drupe?
What is a drupe? I’m familar with this as a verb not a noun. Droop: What happens to my plants on hot days, or a descriptor, Droopy: How I feel after a long hot walk on a summer day, when the closest parking was 6 blocks away. Well that’s not what we’re talking about … Continue reading
Categories: Food, Dining, Culinary, Recipe, Plant, Science, Gardening
Tags: cherry, drupe, Fruit, kernel, peach pit, seed
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Is it a fruit or vegetable?
Why somethings are considered “fruits” when they are so obviously belong with the vegetables,? like tomatoes, avocados, both technically fruits. There are many scientific/biological requirements that make a fruit not a vegetable, but the easiest way is to ask yourself, “Do I eat the whole plant (lettuce) or just what it produces (tomato)?” Lettuce (vegetable), … Continue reading