There's almost nothing better than a big bite of these delicious things on a summer day. As edible as apples only with better textures, tomatoes are more than you'd think. For example, I'll bet you didn't know that the tomato's specific name, lycopersicum means "wolf-peach." And scientifically speaking, the tomato is considered a fruit because it is a flowering plant. However when dealing with U.S. tarrifs it is defined as a vegetable. The reasoning is because tomatoes are prepared more like other vegetables and the word "vegetable" is actually only a culinary term.
But maybe none of those random facts about tomatoes really concern you. Maybe you just like the taste of freshly chopped salsa with crisp tortilla chips or some thick slices on a hot burger. Oh well, as the French used to say: tomato, tomahto.
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