I eat salads. Of course, my salads usually have hard boiled egg in them, grilled chicken, some bacon, big croutons and honey mustard dressing. They are really quite tasty.
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Must point out someone as wrong!
[quote]Chili pepper (chilli pepper, chilli, chili, chile) is the fruit of the plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Botany considers the plant a berry bush. Though chilis may be thought of as a vegetable, their culinary use is generally as a spice. It is the fruit that is usually harvested.[/quote]
Ahh, much better. :p
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
Seeds are fruit, so the point is moot :p
[quote]1 a (1)[B]:[/B] the grains or ripened ovules of plants used for sowing (2)[B]:[/B] the fertilized ripened ovule of a flowering plant containing an embryo and capable normally of germination to produce a new plant ; [I]broadly[/I] [B]:[/B] a propagative plant structure (as a spore or [B]small dry fruit[/B])[/quote]
Now you are nitpicking... those popular red kidney beans used to make [I]chili con carne[/I] are also known as chili beans.
Fruits contain seeds and they are not the one and the same. You don't get apple seed pie now do you? :D
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
[QUOTE=Stingray;179831]Now you are nitpicking...[/quote]
That was my point. :D
[quote]Fruits contain seeds and they are not the one and the same. You don't get apple seed pie now do you? :D[/QUOTE]
That sounds... pretty disgusting, actually. And clearly an attack on the greatness that is apple pie by the rejected seeds!
Random ChaosActually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
Nitpicking:
[quote]minute and usually unjustified criticism[/quote]
We aren't nitpicking. Our criticism is completely justified and quite large in impact! I mean, if you considered fruits and dishes to be the same, here, have some seasoned steak as a fruit!
The plant is a vegetable, but it still bears fruit. And you use the fruit, not the plant. The same applies for bananas, where the plant is a herb, but carries fruit. :p
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[quote]Chili pepper (chilli pepper, chilli, chili, chile) is the fruit of the plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Botany considers the plant a berry bush. Though chilis may be thought of as a vegetable, their culinary use is generally as a spice. It is the fruit that is usually harvested.[/quote]
Ahh, much better. :p
[quote]1 a (1)[B]:[/B] the grains or ripened ovules of plants used for sowing (2)[B]:[/B] the fertilized ripened ovule of a flowering plant containing an embryo and capable normally of germination to produce a new plant ; [I]broadly[/I] [B]:[/B] a propagative plant structure (as a spore or [B]small dry fruit[/B])[/quote]
RC, fruit may or may not contain seed, see seedless bananas or grape as case in point. ;)
Welcome to Pedantry 101, lecture 3!
Chili beans is a dish, not a seed. It contains seeds (in the form of beans). :D
Fruits contain seeds and they are not the one and the same. You don't get apple seed pie now do you? :D
That was my point. :D
[quote]Fruits contain seeds and they are not the one and the same. You don't get apple seed pie now do you? :D[/QUOTE]
That sounds... pretty disgusting, actually. And clearly an attack on the greatness that is apple pie by the rejected seeds!
[quote]minute and usually unjustified criticism[/quote]
We aren't nitpicking. Our criticism is completely justified and quite large in impact! I mean, if you considered fruits and dishes to be the same, here, have some seasoned steak as a fruit!
Just like a tomato is not a fruit. Unless you are a botanist tossing Latin names around, we are just having a casual discussion here.