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from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words:

That is only following a UK precedent. The Ministry of Food was
very keen on treating them as fruit in the 1940s.

The tale I heard was - jam is made from fruit, the Portuguese make
carrot jam, therefore carrot is a fruit.

Ah, so it's the Portugese - I had an idea it was the Belgians, but I
knew it was *SOMEONE*!

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Rusty
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