Olives are not a vegetable

Hi......It's me....Annie Grace......

I have been down this argument numerous times but can not continue to win. Olives in a martini are NOT a vegetable. We all remember the days when Ronald Regan declared ketchup as a vegetable for schools....... it's the same concept. Anyway, these are our cocktail napkins which have truly embarrassed me to no end. Back to Ronald Regan and the ketchup issue. Tomatoes are a FRUIT!!! Seriously.

The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example. As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable, and a bean pod is also technically a fruit. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example. So a tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant, but can be used as a vegetable in cooking.

Just so you know....this same site discusses Banana's as an herb as well as a fruit. WHO CARES?????

Here are a list of all the other things that should be followed by....WHO CARES?????

1. 4 people in this state have been ticketed for texting in the last couple of months.

2. Carlie Sheen was arrested on Christmas Day.

3. There will be a third outbreak of Swine Flue in the spring. (Says who????? God?)

4. It's cold in Florida. (How does one control the weather? It is what it is....)

5. Airports have body scanners. (Seriously??? That will stop everything bad from happening.)

6. People who post comments on News sites ......on-line. Get a life!

7. Kate....from Jon and Kate plus 8.....her new hair style. Take care of your kids please....

8. Brad and Angelina's pregnancy......I give you both 3 more years together

9. Jay and Conan's battle..... We are sound asleep by 11. Do they really say that much fascinating?

10. Finally.....your political or religious views.....and all the places you traveled. You are no more right or better than my insane neighbor....the one I blow our leaves into their yard

While many egos will be shattered......It's all true.....and olives are not a vegetable.