The answer to this question is an interesting bit of tomato trivia. Technically a tomato is a fruit, since it is the ripened ovary of a plant. But in 1893 the supreme court ruled in the case of "NIX v. HEDDEN" tomatoes were to be considered vegetables.If you find this hard to believe here is a link to take you to the court ruling..http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=149&invol=304
Tomatoes are considered as fruits.
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You can do. It depends on what kind of salad you are making; e.g a Waldorf salad would not require tomatoes.
Tomatoes are fruit. Courgettes are vegetables. Fruits are classified as juicy and containing seeds, both of which tomatoes have.
No. tomatoes can be considered to be both fruits and vegetable (they are generally referred to as vegetables in cook books and grocery stores), but definitely not dairy products.
Tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Tomatoes, although tomatoes are technically a fruit.
Tomatoes
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Vine vegetables are vegetables which grow on vines...examples cucumbers, squash, tomatoes
Tomatoes, along with peppers, squash, eggplant and many other "vegetables" are fruits. the definition of a vegetable is: Any plant of which the flowers, roots, tubers, leaves or stems are used as food. In common lexicon, tomatoes are considered vegetables, but botanically, fruits are a separate class.