xkforce ,

Cucumbers, tomatoes, avocadoes, sweet peppers and olives are all culinary vegetables that are botanical fruits that can be made into salads.

intensely_human ,

Tomatoes come in two varieties:

  • Tomatoes you can slice without making a goopy mess. These tomatoes have no flavor, but have the benefit of having a physical shape
  • Tomatoes that turn into a goopy mess when you cut them. These tomatoes have flavor, but are only suitable for sauces
xmunk ,

Tomatoes are a vegetable (fite me bro). They're botanically a fruit, but they're high in acid and don't play well with sweet fruits - Avocado is a good other example that goes terribly with sweet fruits especially citrus.

That said - avocado salad (aka guacamole) is amazing and tomato salad ditto - whether just tomatoes with salt or caprese.

It's not that tomatoes can't be used in fruit salad it's that they pair terribly with Honeydew, Grapefruit, Orange, Grapes, and Cantelope.

d00phy ,

I like tomatoes in my guac. Those two go well together.

Goun ,

Wait, aren't all fruits vegetables tho? I honestly don't know, this whole thing is confusing.

I think we normies should have another word that fits better; "fruit" doesn't really mean anything in culinary terms, IMHO

hperrin ,

Cucumbers, squash, peppers, avocados.

Firebirdie713 ,

Avocados and peppers to make guacamole 😋

Nacktmull ,
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Had a salad made from a mix of vegetables and tropical fruit, on La Gomera once, best salad I ever had in my life.

originalucifer ,
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mr wizard told me that theyre a fruit on the vine, but a vegetable on your plate

i just learned that humans suck at taxonomy

ghostrider2112 ,

Several years ago my wife grew over a dozen styles of heirloom tomatoes. There were several that I think would have worked in a fruit salad, particularly with watermelon and some basil.

Imgonnatrythis , (edited )

Yeah, you can't just throw a grocery Roma into a fruit salad, but what you describe sounds f'n amazing.

ghostrider2112 ,

Yeah, chilled, and with some aged balsamic. I also enjoyed them with the balsamic, fresh basil (and some mint), some olive oil, chopped green onions, and cucumbers for another good salad.

Imgonnatrythis ,

You need to shut up and invite me over for dinner.

ghostrider2112 ,

haha…well, best to wait until the garden is producing!

small_crow ,
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Greek Salad is mostly fruit.

DessertStorms ,
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I've had "vegetable" salads with apples, pears, grapes, nectarines (not all together lol), a bit of sweet-tartness works really well, especially with a vinaigrette type dressing.

hellequin67 ,

Pineapple and apple go well in pasta salads. Again not at the same time but the added sweetness and texture helps enhance the salad.

Thavron ,
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Pears also work really well with gorgonzola!

NataliePortland ,
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Wow this is a good question. What about raisins?

herrcaptain ,

Straight to jail.

Imgonnatrythis ,

Only on their immature state please (scientifically know as grapes)

Pronell ,

Cucumbers are melons. But that has me questioning if melons are fruit and I don't want to google it, I just want to be angry.

gigachad ,

Ackchually, cucumbers are berries. Cucumber and melons belong to the same family, they are kind of siblings.

Zachariah ,
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are berries fruit

Hazzia ,

Berries are berries, like corn, and unlike blueberries, which are a fruit.

Zachariah ,
@Zachariah@lemmy.world avatar

are berries not the fruit of the plant

hitmyspot ,

Fruit of the forest

federalreverse ,

On a related note: Cucumbers in fruit salad are great for moderating sweetness (or the bitterness of grapefruits). Other veg I like to put in fruit salad include lightly sweet veg like carrot and sweet potato.

bionicjoey ,

When they say a girl has nice melons, they don't mean her boobs are shaped like cucumber, that's for damn sure.

wolfpack86 ,

It means that both women and men can give nice melon(s)

Paradachshund ,

Caprese is basically a fruit salad if you think about it.

Iamsqueegee ,

Ah, yes. Mozzarella. Fruit of the udder.

xmunk ,

I do enjoy the occasional dwarf milk cheese, personally.

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