Do the Dutch say ketchup or catsup

ketsjup. With the "u" pronounced as the "o" in the English "word", although a little shorter.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

They have some good tomato recipes.

they taste good though

they might not be the healthiest veggie around, but youre definitely better off eating tomatoes than sweet tarts or someshit

Hitler ate tomatoes so a tomato is basically a mini Hitler

Tomatoes are a fruit so you are off the hook.

It's pretty disgusting for a fruit, maybe that's why I thought it was an okay tasting vegetable.
(Though not very nutritious).
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I don't see how Cherry Tomatoes are all that different from, say, a grape.

See a doctor about that.

I don't see how grape tomatoes are all that different from, say, a cherry.

Tomatoes are a fruit

Wow when did you learn that fact?

I don't see how a cherry is different from, say, Hitler.

1. Tomatoes are a fruit

2. It's already been said...but CLEARLY if you eat your fruits and veggies you're a Hitler sympathizer...

tl;dr

Tomatoes are neither overrated nor a vegetable. I have heard there is some connection to Nazis though.

Tomatoes are the best.

i heard if you eat a tomato there is 6 million jew bloods on your hands

Don't talk about tomatoes. My grandfather died in a pizza oven.

Tomatoes are a vegetable, but only in the United States.

In Nix v. Hedden (1893), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that although they are botanically fruit, tomatoes should be legally treated as vegetables, subjecting them to lower tariff rates.

Thus was established legal precedent that the U.S. government could overrule scientific fact when scientific fact becomes inconvenient.

That makes that U.S. Supreme Court one the worst Supreme Courts in the 19th century.

One could argue that there's a constitutional basis for the Court's jurisdiction over scientific fact, objective reality, and the fabric of the space-time continuum.

Should have had a V8 Fusion...one serving of fruit and one serving of vegetables.

If they wanted tomatoes to have the same tariff as vegetables, then congress should have updated the laws accordingly. The supreme court shouldn't have declared that the universe was wrong.

By the way, an update to my anti-vegetarian stance. While killing innocent plants is wrong and evil compared to killing life destroying animals such as cows, pigs, and chickens; eating fruit is equivalent to eggs and milk. All you fruitarians are all right by me.

Right and wrong is all relative anyway. Call it a vegetable or a fruit, a tomato is still a damn tomato.

...or is it?

"I am...to determine if it really should be in the "two ounces of vegetables and two fruits" zone or in the "drink 2 liters of water a day" zone."

Who says it can't fulfill both? These are not mutually exclusive requirements any more than Vitamin D and Calcium requirements are mutually exclusive. Both are found in milk and cheese and the tomato can apply towards the half gallon of water and the fruits and veggies requirement and they happen to have some good stuff for you in them like lycopene.

Personally, I despise any uncooked or chunky version of them. Tomato based sauces are great but fresh tomatoes suck.

I like fresh tomatoes sliced on a sandwhich/burger. When my wife and I make spaghetti, we put in a couple of cans of whole peeled tomatoes, except for the one or two I eat right out of the can. Squishy goodness.

I meant to add after the first sentence that otherwise I don't care for fresh tomatoes. But cooked tomatoes are great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHEbkFL4Hh4

^You just need to know how to properly use tomatoes. I live in Louisiana, so I gets dem Creoles. Ooh, dey good.

"That makes that U.S. Supreme Court one the worst Supreme Courts in the 19th century."

Not at all. The Supreme Court is charged with figuring out how Congress used words. At the time of this decision, "vegetable" included tomato in every context but the technical, so they were likely right in assuming that Congress intended tomatoes to be treated under that classification. It's a (very common) fallacy of scientists to assume that they have the right to interpret every usage of a word according to the scientific meaning, irrespective of how the writer intended it. But it is the job of courts to figure out how Congress actually used the word.

semck, I know, that was a joke. I was making fun of Sbyvl in his Presidents thread a little. It's not an easy joke to explain, but if you read what Sbyvl has to say about some of the presidents (and 2WL's comments on Sbyvl) and then re-read my SC comment you'll find it wasn't meant as a serious comment at all :-)

All of you folks complaining about fresh tomatoes: I simply cannot believe you've ever actually eaten a good one. Not some mass produced spray-painted chemically thing from the Foodmax, but a fresh, vine-ripened heirloom tomato, the kind you can't buy at the store because they're made for eating and not cross-country transportation.

Agreed. I grow my own tomatoes every year. It's amazing how much better they taste.

abge you are an uninterrupted source of amazement for me.

Potatoes - and most vegetables I'd guess - are the same way.

I've found underground vegetables like potatoes and carrots to be much worse than the store, actually. Most fruits and vegetables are much better though. I wouldn't recommend growing watermelon. It's fun at first but they're high maintenance and there are so many fucking seeds it's barely worth eating.

"It's pretty disgusting for a fruit, maybe that's why I thought it was an okay tasting vegetable."

Disagree - first off, store-bought tomatoes are worthless, tasteless. Second, there are many varieties of tomatoes, so making a broad judgement on tomatoes is not valid - it's like saying I hate driving cars when all you have experienced is a 32 year old rusted out Chevy Chevette and you are trying to drive up hill.

You need to grow your own tomatoes - a nice meaty variety (as you complained about the liquid content) and then, during the heat of a summer day, pick it and et it while it's still warm from the sun - naturally sweet and salty all at once...it really can't be beat.

I was raised in farming country and we grew tomatoes. I simply hate every variety I've ever tried. Grape, Cherry, Roma, Beefsteak, doesn't matter. The closest I've come to liking, is I can tolerate the yellow cherry sized ones, and I actually like Tomatillas for chunky salsa.