Oklahoma to make Watermelon its state vegetable
by roywilliamsisgod on Apr 19, 2007 2:37 PM CDT
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Not sure why states do this
What is the point?
In my quick search of this I came across this site:
http://www.netstate.com/states/table...
What is up with the battle for sweet onion between Texas, Utah, and Georgia?
Why Idiots?
Doesn't every state have a state vegetable, flower, bird, song etc...?
Texas has the sweet onion as its state vegetable.
I understanding being a Texas site taking shots at Oklahoma is the norm but you are going above and beyond the realm of stupidity with this one.
You are better off to stick with car dealerships and the current winning streaks. It makes more sense!
by MattH on Apr 19, 2007 3:11 PM CDT reply actions
I think the idiot part...
is in response to the fact that most of us would think of a watermelon as a fruit, not a vegetable, and that Oklahoma "settled" this debate by officially naming it a vegetable.
Do we have any nutritionists or botanists or...anyone...who knows for sure?
Thought this was common knowledge
"Watermelon, considered America’s favorite fruit, is really a vegetable. Related to the cucumber, squash and gourd, watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) can range in size from 7 to over 100 pounds. Although historians are unsure when the first watermelon was discovered, ancient Egyptian drawings included them and 16th and 17th century writers described the same variety in color, shape and size of watermelons that we have today. Africa is thought to be the native home of the watermelon. On the American continent, they were grown as early as 1629."
A tomato is also actually a fruit. I thought you guys had farms and such in Texas also?
by MattH on Apr 19, 2007 4:10 PM CDT reply actions
There called "Ranches"
Ranches and Farms
I thought ranches were where you raised livestock and farms are where you raised crops.
by MattH on Apr 19, 2007 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Correct about Livestock vs Crops.
I was replying to Farms and "Such"
hehe, you know who is an idiot?
the one who comes here to defend his state official vegetable :-) It's just an off-season joke, get over it.
I've been under the impression
that the whole "seeds on the inside" thing made them fruits, which explains tomatoes. But I just wikipedia'ed it and the watermelon is in fact BOTH a fruit and a vegetable.
I always thought that a fruit
was the reproductive part of the plant, hence the seeds as a pretty good sign that its a fruit.
by BrooklynHorn on Apr 19, 2007 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Why aren't we asking Aggies?
Wouldn't they know?
you mean
an Aggie might prove to be good for something?
how novel
by littlevisigoth on Apr 20, 2007 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
It's a rarity, but it happens
For example: my wife. Product of an Aggie graduate. It's funny how she wears burnt orange more than he (my father-in-law) wears maroon, though.
Also
Didn't A&M specifically engineer a seedless watermelon? So maybe OU can thank A&M for turning the watermelon into a vegetable.
by BrooklynHorn on Apr 20, 2007 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Veggie Vs Fruit
I am not quite sure where the seeds=fruit concept is coming from. Peppers, squash, cucumber, and zucchini all have seeds in them and are considered veggies.
by El Jefe Del Muerto on Apr 23, 2007 12:40 PM CDT reply actions
Wikipedia
explains everything:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit
Just remember don't reference it in formal documents. some one did this at work the other day in a formal document from a contractor to NASA.
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