Ask HN: Is Tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Posted by theshire on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @04:08AM from the ask-hn dept. if we are talking in cooking sense it would be considered a vegetable? but scientifically it is considered a fruit right?what do you think? ( 1 comment | on HN )
"As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits, such as tomatoes or bean pods, may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. "