> On Dec 5, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > >> On 12/05/2013 12:17 PM, Perry wrote: >> The tomato is a veggie. Not because of the Supreme Court, tariffs, seeds, or >> any other reason. It is a veggie because it's calorie density is most >> similar to veggies. Unless of course, you believe that not all calories are >> alike. > > From what I've read, it's nothing to do with calorie density. Biologically, > it's a fruit; but it's considered a vegetable because it's served as a > vegetable rather than as a dessert, and because the Supreme Court said so in > a case about the Tariff Act of 1883, which required a tax to be paid on > imported vegetables but not on fruit. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden > > I know, Steve. I was decreeing it so, as per "emperor Perry" ;)
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