On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:04:20 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
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*!

I suspect it's an urban legend.
--
Martin