On 5/8/2013 5:13 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
> Pico Rico wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 5/8/2013 3:28 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>>> On 5/8/2013 2:44 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>>>> Admittedly it was in a "gourmet" store but I saw Fava beans selling for
>>>>>> $4 a pound. The pods must weigh as much as the beans they contain so
>>>>>> that's about $8 a pound for a vegetable! I've never seen even asparagus
>>>>>> costing as much as that.
>>>>>
>>>>> this being Usenet I'm obligated to note that beans are not vegetables
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not going to ask your definition but in mine they certainly are! My
>>>> definition depends on their use: fruits, vegetables, meats, fishes and
>>>> grains. To avoid misunderstanding, a tomato is a vegetable to me and I
>>>> might have a subset of vegetables to include salad greens.
>>>>
>>> I hear what you're saying. I don't think of tomatoes as fruit, either,
>>> even if they are. Technically beans are legumes. I don't know anyone who
>>> says, "We're having legumes with dinner tonight!"
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> being a legume is not what makes it not a vegetable.
>
> Ronald Reagan made ketchup a vegetable
>
I use a lot of Heinz type ketchup (the Giant brand is indistinguishable)
but even I don't call it a vegetable. I suppose a Korean might eat
enough Kimchi to regard that as a veg :-)

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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