Kitchen

[Kachina624]

@on the bay.  If you say so.

@Sooner. I suppose cream of wheat is also a vegetable?

Tomatoes are a fruit but most are wise enough not to serve it in fruit salad.

[Desertdi]

@Tinkrbl44  @Sooner 

I believe that Sooner was making an "amusing" (lighthearted) observation regarding holiday meals...        di

[Zhills]

Thanks for this post...I learned something new today!

Googled "corn" and the Neb Corn Board says:

When people ask if corn is a fruit or a vegetable. The answer is … yes. It just depends.

Scientifically, corn is a fruit because the part of the corn that people generally eat— the kernels—comes from the flower of the plant.

This may come as a surprise, because many people think fruit must be sweet and many members of the general public think of corn as a vegetable.

In fact, it’s often categorized as a vegetable on many versions of the food pyramid—including the MyPlate food guidelines introduced by the federal government in 2011.

While it’s true that many fruits are sweet—bananas, pineapples, grapes and strawberries, to name just a few. 

Tomatoes are another example of a fruit that tends to fall on the more savory side of the spectrum.

When is corn a vegetable? While corn is a fruit when you eat kernels or corn on the cob, if you eat the leaves or the stalk—like cows and other livestock that eat corn—corn would be classified as a vegetable.

(Don't know anyone who eats the leaves or husk!)

So, corn can be a fruit or a vegetable, depending on what part of the plant is being eaten.  So now we know!

@Kachina624   I will gladly keep them in the South and enjoy!

[Spacrazy]

One of my first loves and still a household staple!

[Tinkrbl44]

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@smoochy wrote:

I tried grits for the first time recently. Being from the upper Midwest I thought when in Rome.. or in my case, now that I live in Florida. Anyhow, yuk. I'll happily leave this southern dish to the southern folks. 🥴

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@smoochy 

IMO, They're similar to cream of wheat cereal.

[Sooner]

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@Desertdi wrote:

@Sooner 

I firmly believe chocolate is also a vegetable.    It comes from cocoa BEANS.     di

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@Desertdi There you have it!!!!  

[Sooner]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@on the bay.  If you say so.

@Sooner. I suppose cream of wheat is also a vegetable?

Tomatoes are a fruit but most are wise enough not to serve it in fruit salad.

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@Kachina624 No.  It's just grits.  

[Sooner]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

@Sooner 

A vegetable?  Seriously?  Just because it was found in a regional cookbook isn't proof .....   please clarify.

I thought grits came from CORN .... and like wheat pasta, rice, barley, and many others .... isn't corn a GRAIN?  

I recently saw RICE GRITS at the store, even though I though only corn qualified.

Honestly, it doesn't matter to me, in the over all scheme of things.  If you like grits, eat them.  

@Tinkrbl44 Of course it is true if found in a regional cookbook.  Why would you doubt that? 

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[Sooner]

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@smoochy wrote:

I tried grits for the first time recently. Being from the upper Midwest I thought when in Rome.. or in my case, now that I live in Florida. Anyhow, yuk. I'll happily leave this southern dish to the southern folks. 🥴

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@smoochy Well bless your heart!  We Southern folk do appreciate your kindness and thoughtfulness.  

And by the way, corn and tomatoes didn't originate in Italy--but a reminder they are New World foods like chocolate, peppers, potatoes, vanilla, pineapple, green beans, squash, etc.  All those people that say their food is Italian, well, lately!  

I can't imagine my life without tomatoes and peppers and chocolate and vanilla.  OH my!  I am thankful these things made it to the rest of the world and ME!

[on the bay]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

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@smoochy wrote:

I tried grits for the first time recently. Being from the upper Midwest I thought when in Rome.. or in my case, now that I live in Florida. Anyhow, yuk. I'll happily leave this southern dish to the southern folks. 🥴

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@smoochy 

IMO, They're similar to cream of wheat cereal.

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Now that's just silly @Tinkrbl44!

Nothing like too creamy, bland, cream of wheat. I shall make you some proper grits!