What I Learned Today
While scientifically classified as fruit, tomatoes in the United States are lawfully vegetables - having been designated thus by the Supreme Court in 1893.
While scientifically classified as fruit, tomatoes in the United States are lawfully vegetables - having been designated thus by the Supreme Court in 1893.
July 3rd, 2003 at 4:17 pm
And the Romans first thought tomatoes were poisonous.
Did you know that?
July 3rd, 2003 at 10:23 pm
Hm… I didn’t know that part about them lawfully being vegetables. How does something lawfully become a vegetable?
July 4th, 2003 at 12:27 am
I had heard that, Terry, though I’m not sure why. Also, the French considered the tomato an aphrodisiac, and called it the pomme d’amour (love apple).
As for the legal vegetable status, Rebecca, I’m not quite sure - though it had something to do with import tariffs. How something like that got all the way to the Supreme Court is beyond me - though I know a few people who probably ought to be reclassified as vegetables too.