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Fruit

17 (77.3%)

Vegetable

5 (22.7%)

Total Members Voted: 7

[markecky]

Its far from cut and dried!

[thegazelle]

you'll usually find its fruit such as apricots grapes and plums that are cut and dried i've never heard of an avocado being preserved in this fashion. i think it would just become a stone and some guacomole if left in the sun for a prolonged period once you have plucked it from its bush.

[Brian Flynn]

May I complement The Gazelle for the unprompted use of the word gourd below.

[Hamilton]

Obviously it's a fruit coz it's a pear and it grows on trees and has a big pip..

Is Gladys Knight a fruit; she has pips?

[Dougals Dad]

The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish word aguacate, which derives in turn from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word ahuacatl, meaning "testicle", because of its shape

Sounds like bo**ocks to me!

[SW]

Interesting bit of etymology there as the Spanish for bollocks is cacaheutes, similar to the Aztec quoted.

If this doesn't bombard me with Peake's then nothing will.

[thegazelle]

so where does cojones or however its spelt come into the equation or is that a load of bollocks(northwich)

[Toff Apple]

as I mentioned in a previous thread, due to the fat content and strucure of the avocado some might say that it has more characteristics of a nut.

[SW]

so where does cojones or however its spelt come into the equation or is that a load of bollocks(northwich)

I believe one is Catalan and the other Castillian, but which way round I don't know.



having now taken the trouble to look this up, I now find that cacaheutes does in fact mean peanuts! So it'actually me talking bollocks here then

Its little wonder I get some funny looks in Spain isn't it?

[Mallorca Alty]

ah but you probably put tomatos in that and they are definitely a fruit

There is no tomatoes in our Mediterranean dishes.