Is a pickle a fruit or a vegetable?

[Sir Topham Hatt]

IT HAS SEEDS! So does that make it a fruit?

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Cucumber + science = pickle.
(Or point me to the nearest pickle tree)

[Spawn of Totoro]

Vegetable.

It is a cucumber that was "pickled". Basicaly put in a jar of salt and vinegar with other spices, then aged.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

B...b....but the cucumber seeds! Wouldn't that make a cucumber a vegetable, and we can therefore conclude that a pickle is a fruit?

[Mazkolatz]

Actually, cucumbers are considered fruits.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_cucumber_a_fruit_or_a_vegetable
-----"Cucumbers are scientifically classified as fruits. Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, botanically speaking, cucumbers are classified as fruits, however, they tend to be seen as vegetables, being prepared and eaten as such."


http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fruit-vegetable-difference/MY02201
-----"The following are technically fruits: avocado, beans, peapods, corn kernels, cucumbers, grains, nuts, olives peppers, pumpkin, squash, sunflower seeds and tomatoes. Vegetables include celery (stem), lettuce (leaves), cauliflower and broccoli (buds), and beets, carrots and potatoes (roots). "


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumber
-----"Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, botanically speaking, cucumbers are classified as accessory fruits. Much like tomatoes and squash they are often also perceived, prepared and eaten as vegetables."


The more you know :)

[Traya Tyto]

Any one want sone tomato and cucumber in there fruitcake?

[ToastedBacon]

I dunno.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Цитата допису SolitaryM:

Actually, cucumbers are considered fruits.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_cucumber_a_fruit_or_a_vegetable
-----"Cucumbers are scientifically classified as fruits. Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, botanically speaking, cucumbers are classified as fruits, however, they tend to be seen as vegetables, being prepared and eaten as such."

So it is like a tomato. Thought of as a vegitable, but realy a fruit.

[banzaigtv]

A pickle is a cucumber soaked in vinegar and brine, therefore it is a vegetable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled_cucumber

[Traya Tyto]

Цитата допису banzaigtv:

A pickle is a cucumber soaked in vinegar and brine, therefore it is a vegetable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled_cucumber

So its both?

[Rubik748]

*Opens door*

Everyone: Hey you. What do you think a pickle is? A fruit or a vegetable?

Me: ? *Sees jar of pickles, opens it, smells it....Eats one. Leaves the room.*

Everyone: O_O