On 10/12/15 11:24, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 21:38:03 +0000, Farmer Giles wrote:

On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?

http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables

Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on
the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not
some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical
botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same
goes for beans.



Tomatoes (note the 'e') are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit
salad!

I worked with a Dutch guy who sprinkled sugar on tomatoes before eating them as
a dessert. The rest of his packed lunch was weird too. Even stranger was that he
brought a packed lunch and a thermos of coffee to work everyday, when we had a
very good restaurant quality food canteen, where meals were sold for the cost of
the materials

The Dutch also sprinkle chocolate "hundreds and thousands" on
buttered bread. I hate to say it, but it is quite palatable.

But then I think brussel sprout sarnies are good too.

On 10/12/2015 11:19, Martin wrote:
tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit
department

No way. It should be with custard,

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:24:42 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 21:38:03 +0000, Farmer Giles wrote:

On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?

http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables

Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on
the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not
some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical
botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same
goes for beans.



Tomatoes (note the 'e') are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit
salad!

I worked with a Dutch guy who sprinkled sugar on tomatoes before eating them as
a dessert.

What's wrong with that? Everything tastes better with sugar.

The rest of his packed lunch was weird too. Even stranger was that he
brought a packed lunch and a thermos of coffee to work everyday, when we had a
very good restaurant quality food canteen, where meals were sold for the cost of
the materials

I've never known a work canteen supply anything at a reasonable price or quality, and definitely not both at once.

--
Confucius say man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:35:19 -0000, Farmer Giles wrote:

On 09/12/2015 21:58, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:38:03 -0000, Farmer Giles wrote:

On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?

http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables

Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on
the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not
some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical
botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same
goes for beans.

Tomatoes (note the 'e')

And what is the point of the e?

Look in your dictionary.

Since when did a dictionary have points?

are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit
salad!

Why not? I do.


"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it
in a fruit salad".

A fruit salad contains fruit, so I'll put tomatos in it if I want.


--
I took my Biology exam last Friday. I was asked to name two things commonly found in cells. Apparently "Blacks" and "Scousers" were not the correct answers.

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with
Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit
department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff".

--
What's the fastest thing in Wales?
A virgin sheep.

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? - or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?

On 10/12/15 22:12, Phil L wrote:
Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? - or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?

I just ask where the "non-world" food comes from - and
get a predictably blank look.

But we are making a fundamental mistake: applying logic and
reasoning to marketing.

Similarly once, long ago, I asked a bookstore (Heffers!)
manager what was the distinction between "fiction" and
"literature", and how I should predict which section
contained any particular book.

He was somewhat bemused by the question, and admitted
he didn't know.

On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean?

He means aisle.

- or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?



What's with this "English"
I think you mean "British"

On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean?

He means aisle.

- or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?



What's with this "English"
I think you mean "British"

If they are from the Isles he means Scottish??



You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles?

On 11/12/15 17:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean?

He means aisle.

- or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?



What's with this "English"
I think you mean "British"

If they are from the Isles he means Scottish??



You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles?

British Isles, which is a geographical entity including
Eire (much to their annoyance).

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, Phil L wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? - or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?

Of course I see them as English. I also think spaghetti should not be a World food. World foods should be things that most English do not eat.

--
All this "expressionism" in art, personally I think things ought to look like things. To me it's fairly easy to
tell what the artists are trying to say with their smears and swirls -- they're trying to say they can't paint worth a damn.

On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:01:07 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean?

He means aisle.

- or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?



What's with this "English"
I think you mean "British"

If they are from the Isles he means Scottish??

I typed the wrong word. Spellchecker isn't that clever.

--
A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, "So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?"

On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:49:26 -0000, Tom Gardner wrote:

On 11/12/15 17:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean?

He means aisle.

- or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?



What's with this "English"
I think you mean "British"

If they are from the Isles he means Scottish??



You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles?

British Isles, which is a geographical entity including
Eire (much to their annoyance).

The Irish are an abomination.

--
A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, "So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?"

On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:40:41 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:01:33 +0000, Farmer Giles wrote:

On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean?

He means aisle.

- or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?



What's with this "English"
I think you mean "British"

If they are from the Isles he means Scottish??



You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles?

Obviously not he referred to isles in a supermarket.

Which is when they put a load of stuff on sale prices in the way of your trolley.

--
Got myself a new Jack Russell puppy, he's mainly black and brown with a small white patch, so I've named him England.

On 11/12/15 18:44, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:49:26 -0000, Tom Gardner wrote:

On 11/12/15 17:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L"
wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?


Because people use them as a vegetable.
I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is
a fruit.

LOL

A good answer.

Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section
with Italian food.

Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in
the fruit department :-)

Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign
stuff".

Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean?

He means aisle.

- or do you see these
as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long?



What's with this "English"
I think you mean "British"

If they are from the Isles he means Scottish??



You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles?

British Isles, which is a geographical entity including
Eire (much to their annoyance).

The Irish are an abomination.

You original post smelled of trollery - but it had
the virtue of being amusing.

Your last response doesn't even have that small virtue.