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Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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I eat tomatoes like apples (with salt, I'm not a monster). No kink-shaming please.

You eat apples with salt?! Then again, this is an actual thing in India, albeit with _black_ salt, which is more tangy than bitter and salty.

Try a little salt and black pepper on your cantaloupe. It's amazing.

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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post #81
post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You eat apples with salt?! Then again, this is an actual thing in India, albeit with _black_ salt, which is more tangy than bitter and salty.

Try a little salt and black pepper on your cantaloupe. It's amazing.

Cantaloupe with jamón (cured pork ham) for lunch and tostada con aceite y tomate (tomato rubbed on a toast with olive oil) for breakfast are both everyday treats in menus in Spain.

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I eat tomatoes like apples (with salt, I'm not a monster). No kink-shaming please.

Yes !! Tomate à la croque au sel as we call'em !! First time I ate a tomato like that in the US, my american friends made so much fun of me "yo, no way brooo ! he's eating a tomato like an apple, da'fu !! Weird frenchman !!". I still eat my tomatoes like that every so often, it's so good ! Although I think I end up eating quite a bit of salt when I do that which isn't so good...

My Irish auntie also adores a tomato dipped in salt! I haven't been brave enough to try, however.

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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Similarly, the botanical definition of "nut" excludes basically everything we think of nuts. Pedants seemed to have learned that peanuts are "not nuts" but have yet to pick up on that almonds, pistachios, walnuts and pecans are also "not nuts."

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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Similarly, the botanical definition of "nut" excludes basically everything we think of nuts. Pedants seemed to have learned that peanuts are "not nuts" but have yet to pick up on that almonds, pistachios, walnuts and pecans are also "not nuts."

Because most people who like to throw around such pedantic facts only want to appear informed and by extension intelligent.

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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post #84

Similarly, the botanical definition of "nut" excludes basically everything we think of nuts. Pedants seemed to have learned that peanuts are "not nuts" but have yet to pick up on that almonds, pistachios, walnuts and pecans are also "not nuts."

I've developed a rule of thumb about matters culinary: "The answer to 'is X a Y?' is 'no'." Betteridge's Law of Culinary Classification, I suppose.

The answer seems to be to not care at all, and aggressively ignore anyone who suggests otherwise.

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I eat tomatoes like apples (with salt, I'm not a monster). No kink-shaming please.

Yes !! Tomate à la croque au sel as we call'em !! First time I ate a tomato like that in the US, my american friends made so much fun of me "yo, no way brooo ! he's eating a tomato like an apple, da'fu !! Weird frenchman !!". I still eat my tomatoes like that every so often, it's so good ! Although I think I end up eating quite a bit of salt when I do that which isn't so good...

Dumb question but do you take a bite then add salt on the exposed portion as you eat? Or does salt just stick to tomatoes better than I think?

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I eat tomatoes like apples (with salt, I'm not a monster). No kink-shaming please.

Yes !! Tomate à la croque au sel as we call'em !! First time I ate a tomato like that in the US, my american friends made so much fun of me "yo, no way brooo ! he's eating a tomato like an apple, da'fu !! Weird frenchman !!". I still eat my tomatoes like that every so often, it's so good ! Although I think I end up eating quite a bit of salt when I do that which isn't so good...

In my head the biggest problem with this is that tomatoes are very liquidy and that seems like a very messy proposition.

Obviously, sliced tomatoes with salt is a relatively common breakfast side item, so the idea of just eating tomato with salt isn't that uncommon in the U.S.

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I eat tomatoes like apples (with salt, I'm not a monster). No kink-shaming please.

Yes !! Tomate à la croque au sel as we call'em !! First time I ate a tomato like that in the US, my american friends made so much fun of me "yo, no way brooo ! he's eating a tomato like an apple, da'fu !! Weird frenchman !!". I still eat my tomatoes like that every so often, it's so good ! Although I think I end up eating quite a bit of salt when I do that which isn't so good...

I love tomatoes. They are seriously one of the best foods that exist, but I do find they can be messy, so I really enjoy a large plate of thinly sliced tomatoes with salt and pepper more evenly distributed as an alternative to this. Very cool to learn the French name for this though!

A few other things great with salt and pepper: grapefruit, watermelon, cantelope, cottage cheese, buttermilk.

Re: Bananas Are Berries, Strawberries Aren't

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post #81
post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You eat apples with salt?! Then again, this is an actual thing in India, albeit with _black_ salt, which is more tangy than bitter and salty.

Try a little salt and black pepper on your cantaloupe. It's amazing.

watermelon too
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