I don't think vegetable sounds right either. No one crushes up broccoli or carrots to make sauce for pizza and you don't add tomatoes to your roast veggies.

[–] Pepsi@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Maybe you don't.

https://www.cinnamonandkale.co.uk/creamy-broccoli-sauce/
https://easybrazilianfood.com/creamy-carrot-sauce-molho-de-cenoura/
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-tomatoes-recipe-1947520

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Okay but if someone offered me a pizza with broccoli or carrot sauce I'd have to politely, but firmly refuse

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Your definition of vegetable is "cannot be used as base for pizza sauce"? Oddly specific.

[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

The whole basis for calling it a vegetable is "I don't want to call it a fruit" so let's not get too pedantic here.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not sure where I said that, I was referring to nachorella's comment up thread. If you want to know my definition, it's pretty much aligned with the science definition. Fruits: the parts of the plant containing seeds (with the exception of pods). Vegetables: the rest of the plant (including pods)

[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

I love playing around with recipes so have indeed made broc and carrot sauces, but this is kind of all about what feels right to say. And I think that there's a lot of cases where it feels wrong to describe tomato as a vegetable. Kind of how I'd feel odd calling lettuce a vegetable.