I guess some people count mushrooms as vegetables? I remember I went to a Chinese restaurant with a friend once, and he was asking about a specific dish, because he's vegetarian. The waitress said that it contained vegetables. When the dish came out, it turned out that the only "vegetable" it contained was mushrooms.
Potato counts as a starch, it's like rice or spaghetti, not like tomatoes or spinach on your plate. Mushrooms.. what's said above. Garlic? You don't eat that as a vegetable either, it's more for spice. I am sure chili peppers should figure on the list too if garlic does. And don't they eat any peas there? Some parts of the list are rather strange.
Agree with blizzrd about potatoes - dieticians may classify potatoes as starch, but they acknowledge that they're a vegetable, whereas rice and spaghetti (the latter made from wheat) are both grains. Starches nutritionally, but still grains. The peppers in the quiz are bell peppers - called 'capsicum' in some countries - which are definitely eaten as a vegetable. I'm on the fence about mushrooms, since as fungi, they're not even considered plants.
Roasted garlic can be served as any other vegetable - just makes for rather aromatic after dinner conversation. I was surprised that peas didn't make the list. To call a potato anything other than a vegetable is beyond my comprehension. Where I'm from, potatoes are the king of vegetables. It just isn't a meal without them.
^ You must be from the Netherlands. The Dutch have conquered the use of potatoes! - The only other place that I've found potatoes in such abundant use is in the Northeastern US. It is impossible to have a meal there without the requisite French fries, Home fries, Scalloped potatoes, Julienne potatoes, Mashed potatoes or Baked potatoes. They even manage to put them in their Chowder! Yes, you guessed it: I hate potatoes.
I dont think anyone from the netherlands really looks at the potato as a vegetable though. Since a standard meal is vegetable meat an potatoes. (if they are pressed to identify it some might say so, but in everyday life noone think of it as such, it is even in a different spot in the supermarket, not with the rest of the vegetables)
(And it is usually not on the list kids whine about that they dont want to eat (god knows why they do that, I have never understood the aversion against vegetables in general))
So if vegetable is used in the culinary sense, versus the botanical sense, why is avocado in the fruit quiz and not the veggie quiz? In the culinary sense an avocado is definitely a vegetable!
Yea but there is a fine line, if garlic is a spice and not veg, what are unions, basicly used the same way? Then how about spring onions (which I use the sameway, as a flavourmaker) then the next step, what about leek? well most would definitely call that a vegetable, but spring onions are basicly miniature leeks..
(and obviously chives, where do they stand on this sliding scale?)
Botanically it is a fruit, since it has seeds (and "flesh"). Thought you might want to know that ;) Though it tastes and is used as a veg, but just because it doesnt taste really sweet doesnt mean it isnt a fruit. But in everyday life it is generally lumped with veggies, since for everyday use it has more in common with them, regardless of its official specifications.
For sure, a cucumber is also a fruit and no one seems to be complaining about that. Also, these definitions get really weird and go against what people commonly use the words for. For instance, strawberries and raspberries are not berries by the botanical definition. But bananas, tomatoes, and pomegranates are berries according to botanical definitions.
I don't have a big complaint, but isn't "mushroom" a bit vague? I mean, when it comes to peppers, you distinguish between bell and chili. Mushrooms can be truffles, shiitake, champignons, penny buns (a.k.a. porcini), portobello, etc.
So... which ones are meant here, all or just champignons? I think those are the most common...
Mmhmm, mmhmm, and culinarily speaking, what would you consider mushrooms, if not vegetables? Are they protein? Starch? Dairy? Grain? Bean? Nut? Seasoning? Fruit? Oil?
Why? because you said so? culinary sense just means how they are used in cooking. would you use chocolate in a savoury dish with other vegetables like broccoli? This would be considered very strange in the culinary sense. but adding mushrooms or tomatoes to that same dish would be very common, hence they are vegetables in the culinary sense, not in the botanical sense. thats where you are confused.
For all the people complaining about how a tomato is not a culinary vegetable because it is botanically a fruit (and yet not saying anything about bell peppers or cucumbers, but I digress), please provide a botanical definition of the word "vegetable" that excludes the tomato. I.e., I want an actual scientific definition of "vegetable" that does not have anything to do with how it is used as a food (that would be the culinary definition.) Please provide some sort of reasonably-reliable source.
This is a good point. While there is a botanical definition of a fruit that includes tomatoes (they carry seeds), the definition of a vegetable doesn't exclude tomatoes. So, por que no los dos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Veggies - love 'em all, but surprised that asparagus is on the list but summer and/or winter squash are not. Also not sure why the source determined that onions and green onions deserve two separate categories since they are the same plant, just picked at different stages of growth.
I was surprised by that as well. But in fairness, pumpkin pie is made from pureed pumpkin, which most people get canned. I don't think many people use real pumpkin to make pumpkin pie, and if they do more power to them. I figured it would be on the list because it's used as a decoration.
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-But you said this has vegetables in it...?
-Yes, there are mushrooms in this.
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•Dear nitpicker: Vegetable is used in the culinary sense. Whiners will be shot.
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(And it is usually not on the list kids whine about that they dont want to eat (god knows why they do that, I have never understood the aversion against vegetables in general))
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Did you really think that anyone could believe potatoes are a kind of bread?
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2. Mushroom is definitely not
3. Garlic is used as a spice
(and obviously chives, where do they stand on this sliding scale?)
So... which ones are meant here, all or just champignons? I think those are the most common...
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normal people would put tomatoes in pasta or on a sandwich, with other vegetables.
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Mushroom counts as Funghi
Wich means that mushrooms are not vegetables
tomato - fruit
mushroom - fungi
garlic - herb
The rest i can live with but those three are not vegetables.
And garlic is more of a seasoning/herb - no one doles up a pile of garlic on their plate at mealtime.