"<a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBPLgtfouIs&amp;t=3m53s"">3:53</a> so we really have to go into the whole "tomatoes aren't vegetables" thing again?",(reply>), @Andrew Sayler   A tomato is a vegetable if you're cooking but a fruit if you're doing science. Some people think that the scientific one is "more accurate" and therefore people who use the colloquial classification are wrong.,(reply>), ​@Wolfgang Faust  Ok? And? Why does that mean that they aren't a vegetable? It is true that,, biologically a tomato is a berry. But vegetable isn't a biological classification. Saying that a tomato isn't a vegetable because it is classified, biologically as a fruit is like saying that a dog isn't man's best friend because it is classified biologically as a mammal. It doesn't make sense. A vegetable is a culinary term that refers to plants that aren't grains or nuts and are used in generally savory dishes. That describes a tomato.,(reply>), Wolfgang Faust i feel like this was a bigger topic so long ago people should know,(reply>), @Andrew Sayler Biologists classify them as fruits because they have seeds inside, but anyone who brings this up in casual conversation is just being pedantic.,(reply>), Why aren't they vegetables?