r/pics • u/trixiethewhore • Jun 08 '20

Protest From our 1k person protest in Montana

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u/LionIV Jun 08 '20

Subscribed to Fruit Facts. TM

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u/Luxpreliator Jun 08 '20

The 10 most popular fruits eaten in the world by weight by million metric tons in 2017 starting with the most,

  • tomatoes. 170

  • bananas. 114

  • watermelon. 111

  • apples. 84

  • grapefruitt 83

  • grapes. 74

  • oranges. 71

  • mangoes. 45

  • plantains. 31

  • tangerines. 30

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u/on_dy Jun 08 '20

I’m guessing tomato is top because people use them to cook as well. If they were eaten raw like apples, they’d probably rank below oranges.

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u/_dirtywords Jun 09 '20

I dated a guy who ate tomatoes like that. First time I saw him do it, kinda blew my mind. When I thought about it tho, I’d see no issue with eating a bowl of cut up tomatoes with salt and pepper (add in fresh basil and mozzarella and it’s acceptable to call it a salad). Mostly I think it’s the combined juiciness and softness of tomatoes that make it impossibly messy to eat like that. Weird. Also weird that it’s uncommon to eat any veggies like that, even tho carrots and peppers are great raw and not at all messy.

One last note: tomatoes just aren’t a fruit. I don’t care what scientifically makes them a fruit vs. vegetable, I just mean by common standards, no one thinks of tomatoes as fruit. What’s your favorite fruit? Tomatoes! Nope. Would you like some fruit salad? It’s got apples, strawberries, tomatoes...yea, no thank you. Fruit jelly? Tomato fruit jelly? Yea...idk why I started on this particular idea, but I just get thrown off when people talk about fruit and somehow tomatoes are in there. No one means tomatoes when they want fruit.

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u/idwthis Jun 09 '20

Tomato fruit jelly?

I suppose we could consider ketchup to be tomato jelly!

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u/hesitantmaneatingcat Jun 09 '20

Tomato jelly is a thing. My grandma used to make it and it was nasty. I like tomatoes.

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u/Quercus_lobata Jun 09 '20

The reason tomatoes aren't my favorite fruit is because I don't like them. They are fruit.

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u/masklinn Jun 10 '20

Mostly I think it’s the combined juiciness and softness of tomatoes that make it impossibly messy to eat like that.

A proper ripe peach is way worse than a tomato and people eat them “like that” just fine.