To be fair to the dude, I didn’t know this either until a teacher taught by teaching us about peanuts. How many of us know much about most of the things we eat?
What do you eat that you don’t know about? Barring a lot of newer preservatives food is pretty straightforward.
It’s one of those “you don’t know what you don’t know” things. I apparently make a lot of assumptions about the things I eat. Some examples of things I was surprised about:
- coffee beans aren’t beans, they’re closer to cherries
- how pineapples grow
- avocados are apparently berries
- what adult asparagus look like
And so on. I’m sure there are a ton more, and I’m always excited to find something that really surprises me.
Botanical classifications are always crazy. Most nuts are wild too, check out walnuts. How many things we eat that are clones of a specific plant is really curious too. Apples, avocados, citrus, bananas…
Name 5 berries without looking up the definition of a berry, or the comic about it that gets posted every so often.
Blue berry, raspberry, very berry, Boisen berry, strawberry, power berry, RAW BERRY! ⚡
The difference being that they’re all berries. A scientific ovary does not a legitimate word or colloquial use make.
The point being that most people have a pretty good idea about where a food comes from or grows since most generally come from similar areas when you factor in skin, softness, and size beyond just general knowledge.
Considering the only real difficulty comes from legumes for most people because they can grow in the ground or above ground… It’s a bit disingenuous to start busting people out on fruit vs fruiting body debate.