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Tomatoes

Why are they red?

Posted 10 months ago by Emerald Hill Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I dunno... beta carotene?
    Posted 10 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why are you Emerald?
    Posted 10 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • .
    Posted 10 months ago by natsumi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Because nobody would eat brown salsa.
    Posted 10 months ago by The Missing Finger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tomatoes have the power to kill me.

    True story.
    Posted 10 months ago by Yessi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So does a machete, and it's red too.  Just coincidence?
    Posted 10 months ago by The Missing Finger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sadly so. My little brother's weapon of choice while we were growing up was a bottle of ketchup!
    Posted 10 months ago by Yessi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tomatoes are red
    Roses are too
    I love Glitch
    And so do you
    Posted 10 months ago by Spree Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why are tomatoes red? 
    Posted 10 months ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Because ice cream doesn't come in glass jars.
    Posted 10 months ago by Shootsin Latters Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They are related to potatoes, tobacco and Deadly Nightshade. Solanaceae (Nightshade) family.

    Some fill you, some kill you, some fall out of the burger bun and into your lap no matter how careful you are.
    Posted 10 months ago by Miss Parsley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The larger question is, since tomatoes are a fruit, why can't we make them from cherries?
    Posted 10 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Crashtestpilot, you just made my head explode. 
    Posted 10 months ago by ShyK Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tomatoes are red because they got covered by all the blood in Mada Tamaha.
    Posted 10 months ago by HeyGabe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nah, that's just tomato juice.
    Posted 10 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If tomatoes are fruit, then why is it called V8, not V7F1?
    Posted 10 months ago by DUG1138 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Botanically, a tomato is a fruit: the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. However, the tomato has a much lower sugar content than other fruits, and is therefore not as sweet. Typically served as part of a salad or main course of a meal, rather than as dessert, it is considered a vegetable for most culinary purposes. One exception is that tomatoes are treated as a fruit in home canning practices: they are acidic enough to be processed in a water bath rather than a pressure cooker as "vegetables" require. Tomatoes are not the only foodstuff with this ambiguity: eggplants, cucumbers, and squashes of all kinds (such as zucchini and pumpkins) are all botanically fruits, yet cooked as vegetables.

    So, we should also be able to make eggplants, cukes, zukes, and (zilloween!) pumpkins out of cherries.

    Let's see some more heads a'splode!
    Posted 10 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "If tomatoes are fruit, then why is it called V8, not V7F1?"  +1000000000 hahahahaha
    Posted 10 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *Adds to contacts*
    Posted 10 months ago by OMG BACON!! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • crash , you rock ;) xoxo !
    and yes , fruit or veggie deliberations does make my head hurt .. :D
    Posted 10 months ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • sub-note -- fried GREEN tomatoes are yummy... so , those aren't red ..... yet .
    Posted 10 months ago by serenitycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I assume because it has no chloroplasts and other chemicals.
    And tomatoes are fruit because the part you eat contains the seeds.
    Same with cucumbers and zucchinis and pumpkins.
    @CrashTestPilot You are absolutely right! Tomatoes should be made from Fruit changers because they are fruit.
    Posted 10 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink