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Solanum Smoothies (mander.xyz)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't know why tomatoes are always the go-to "technically a fruit"

There are ones that are a lot weirder

Legumes are also fruits, so peanut butter is a smoothie

Heck, refried beans are a smoothie!

[–] Dudewitbow 7 points 9 months ago

Because some people dont have the mindset of yhe biological(the scientific mindset) and culinary(the common mindset) seperate.

Tomato is common for it because its a fruit biologically and a vegetable culinarily.

Other examples of it in common practice is "berries". Culinarily, strawberries and raspberries are berries, and bananas arent. Biologically its the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I think its fair to say a smoothie at least means you drink it from a cup. Is this how you're refried beans?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I have actually done that… well, I had a medical problem with swallowing and I was making shakes of all kinds of savory foods. Sorta like smooth soups… chicken and broth, roast beef with rice and potatoes, beans with salsa and cilantro… pretty good actually. I kinda miss the chicken milk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Smoothie bowls are pretty popular.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Wait you don't?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Getting that nightshade smoothie 😎

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

datura nightmare hallucinations 😎

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

How many of those Solanum species are poisonous? New flavours indeed!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even if you exclude that, I can't imagine a Solanum tuberosum smoothie would be that delicious

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can imagine it. I've never had another potato-based item that isn't 10/10.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Mashed potatoes anyone?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Baba ganoush is pretty good

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One of the only smoked smoothies out there!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Brisket smoothie. Your comment put that image in my head so I want it to be everyone else's problem now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

🤢🥹

I think the formula was "preexisting 'fruit' pureé generally considered a vegetable" not a pitch for new episodes of "Will It Blend?" 🤗

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Came here to say that!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Tomato toxic when it green, but delicious when it red. Creeping nightshade toxic when it green, but has anyone even tried it when it red? Probably delicious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Since when are green tomatoes toxic? I eat fried green tomatoes every summer...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Oh, I'm.... I'm so sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

From just some cursory googling it looks like they are toxic when raw, but frying them neutralizes the toxicity. That's probably why you've never noticed!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Potatoes fall into this category too of both delicious and nightshade fun. So tastes great like anti freeze but it takes a lot longer to finally get you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

What? I love green tomatoes:(

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Chilis peppers are also fruit, and there's smoothie of them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I make banging pineapple kiwi salsa. It's basically a spicy smoothie with Hungarian wax peppers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that just Sriracha?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Just one of the many forms of pepper smoothie.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have eaten American Black Nightshade berries before. They taste like tiny tomatoes mixed with blueberries. I haven't had a full smoothie of them before though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah was gonna say a smoothie of black nightshade would be great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Would need some other fruits for flavor but would be a good addition

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

That Weird Fruit Explorer guy on Youtube has made some pretty interesting solanum smoothies and weird ketchups.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Demetrius, give it a fucking rest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

"Cooking with Cody: Nightshade Stew"

https://youtu.be/VWkNpu5KYIQ?si=D2iY-KKap97fi_vw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Fruit is a culinary term as well as a botanical one and all the "tomatos are fruit" discourse stems from mixing them up and is therefore stupid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You know what, cucumber is not even a fruit, but once you try adding just a little to your fruit smoothie, there'll be no turning back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cucumber is a fruit though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

TIL

[+] [email protected] -6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

All fruits are technically vegetables as they are edible parts of plants.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Technically" fruit is a term in both botany and culinary lexicons, but vegetable is only a term for culinary purposes.

Trying to cross terms with different meanings between lexicons and hoping to get order out isn't reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The original issue stems from an agricultural conmerce point, however, as the definitions dictated vastly different tariff rates, etc. In short, vegetables were often staples, and fruits were seen as luxuries. Therefore, when tomatoes first began arriving from the East, the savvy trader would call them vegetables in order to lessen their own cost to transport them, but claim they were fruit when wholesaling inland, IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

[Citation needed]