• brown567@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know why tomatoes are always the go-to “technically a fruit”

    There are ones that are a lot weirder

    Legumes are also fruits, so peanut butter is a smoothie

    Heck, refried beans are a smoothie!

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      1 year ago

      Because some people dont have the mindset of yhe biological(the scientific mindset) and culinary(the common mindset) seperate.

      Tomato is common for it because its a fruit biologically and a vegetable culinarily.

      Other examples of it in common practice is “berries”. Culinarily, strawberries and raspberries are berries, and bananas arent. Biologically its the opposite.

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      1 year ago

      I think its fair to say a smoothie at least means you drink it from a cup. Is this how you’re refried beans?

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        1 year ago

        I have actually done that… well, I had a medical problem with swallowing and I was making shakes of all kinds of savory foods. Sorta like smooth soups… chicken and broth, roast beef with rice and potatoes, beans with salsa and cilantro… pretty good actually. I kinda miss the chicken milk.