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/edit Many interesting comments, thanks. For instance, I never knew veg made people Trans, fascinating. Wanting to learn more about history of food naming, ancient recipes and gastronomy now. Things like Pliny the Elder having a recipe for flamingo tongues.. stuff like that please. Post in thread please, I read comments reversed.
ChefLes
Wait, is this true?
MyFavColorIsGlitter
Vegetable is a marketing term and a government nutrition program classification term.
ilovebees
Incorrect, Veggie Tales invented vegetables and thus the word for them.
UnluckyLunkhead
The word was invented soon after the table. Before that, meals were served on plates perched on laps so vegetables were known as 'vegelaps'.
DrKriegersClone
Pliny was basically the ancient world's Ken M, though.
grubbylittleslug
I won’t contest that!
LateNightBunnyParty
RIP Pliny. Dude died a legend.
MistaGavin
I wish I had some pot herb if you know what I mean
grubbylittleslug
HoneyBloodZombie
@OP have you seen Tasting History on YouTube? Might be of interest to you.
grubbylittleslug
You and others recommend. I hadn’t but will check ta
starhewn
Check out the youtube channel "Tasting History with Max Miller", also Townsends channel.
grubbylittleslug
Cheers will do!
Ioncethoughtthat
What if you grew your pot in a pot?
Stretch5678
Etymology is awesome.
WillBlouin
Taste like sad.
Munchman347
Vegetables and Fruits are different parts of the plant. If it comes from the flower, it's a fruit, like zucchini or tomatoes... ;-)
SoHohi
This guy's making too much sense!!
TuppenceWoofer
I thought they were Trump supporters
imnotlostinlifeijustdonthaveanywheretogo
LovelyMover
It was because of John Vegi Table who was dumber than a potato & lazier than a sack of turnips.
Lobangpuki
Shut the fuck up.
RedditBurnerAccount
No it was because of Vegeta when he first came to Earth he brought them with him, everyone knows that
Snooj
But before him we were all eating on the floor.
PoorSucker
SIR John Vegi Table.
Perkunas687
Sir John Vegi Table, III
ElsewhereMan
Why do I feel like you hate a particular John in your life and you take every opportunity to low-key shit on his name...?
FailedCrate
*Laughs in GEMÜSE*
Fnarrrr
So was a potato a potpot herb?
grubbylittleslug
I know Europeans thought potatoes poisonous!
Ozimbah
It wasn't introduced to Europe until the second half of the 16th century, so if 'vegetable' came about in 1668, I would imagine not. There's
Ozimbah
some overlap though, since language doesn't change instantly.
DarwinsWeasel
In essence, there could have been no vegetarians until the word vegetable was invented. Prior to that they were pot herbalists!
orbitn
I too was once a pot herbalist.
SerialChickenLover
No one was a vegetarian by choice back then... you ate meat whenever you came by it.
ZVMaker
Mate, vegetarians have been around since at least 500 some BC. They called them Pythagoreans because Pythagoras famously refused meat
HedonistBeard
The venn diagram of vegetarians and pot herbalists still has a lot of overlap.
DarwinsWeasel
Depends on your definitions of Pot Herbalist.
Bitesizedmoose
According to the Vegetarian Society, people who are called "vegetarians" are called this because the word comes from 1/2
Bitesizedmoose
the Latin word "vegetus" meaning "whole, sound, fresh or lively". 2/2
fromcarlseyes
I found a badly translated Roman cookbook, deciders it with my chef knowledge, it has a recipe for pigs brain sausages
grubbylittleslug
Thank you!
fromcarlseyes
Specifically boiled and minced pig brain with pine nuts and lovage
fromcarlseyes
Also they used a seasoning called ‘garum’ (spelling may be wrong) but it was made out of blood and guts of tuna a bit like fish sauce
Quenya3675
I'm sure some people were insufferably arrogant long before then.
grubbylittleslug
I guess you’d know!
Quenya3675
You guess incorrectly.
grubbylittleslug
Gawd darn’it
AirBud3theReckoning
Yeah this just isn't true. Like maybe in English but there are plenty of other languages that classify vegetable differently
AirBud3theReckoning
than just "pot herb" well before English was even a language
AirBud3theReckoning
Unless somehow I'm misunderstanding the post
MuonNeutrino
Well, given the post is talking about the word 'vegetable' I'd assume it means in english. Still might not be true but not for that reason.
grubbylittleslug
Post by Jekka McVicar. Chairman of the RHS, author of 20 culinary herb books, advisor on herbs to Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay the Roux’s etc
grubbylittleslug
https://www.jekkas.com/pages/jekkas-herb-farm
diamondcardboard
vegetables were invented by the illuminati to turn our kids trans
Rectalexam
RootyTootyDrunkenShooty
Thanks Obama.
162843
I see you fox news
Viridis13
tarataqa
mrw:
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hetriedtokillmewithaforklift
Alex Jones? When were you allowed back on The Internet?
MrBobSaget
VEGETABLES ARE TURNING THE FREAKIN FROGS GAY!!!
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
I know it worked on me.
Imakethingsweird
Transnutrient?
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
Now my kids won’t stop shifting gears
FocacciaIsLife
Can confirm. I went vegetarian and have voted democratic party ever since.
throwthisaccountinthetrashbin
The socialists want to redistribute all of the abortions!
Cherrypoppins69420
However you received this information will be found out. You and the leaker will be silenced. WE have spoken.
sortofkindamadbutnotreally
No that was the vaccines. Vegetables are the ones that turn the frogs gay
ButtmoTerror
And make the frogs gay
Isi151e
Interdimensional gay frogs
Wileydj
I only ate pizza rolls, pepsi and chocolate milk between the ages of 7-14 and not even I could outrun eventually becoming a girl.
ZVMaker
Same tho
Wileydj
? for weary travelers like us... There's always ✨ HRT ?
KristaShi
It's the corn that did it for me then ☺️
Sowhatseverybodydoinglater
FuzzBall87
Is that why I am trans?
SLCtechie
The doctor who wasn’t paid by the GOP says yes.
barrbb
It’s the kale
ohwhenwilldeathcome
That’ll do it.
barrbb
I had spinach for dinner last night? Is this how trans happens?
ThatOtherTransGirl
Damn, you too? The veggies got me good. :(
BeepBoopBurgerLettuce
Must've been the Brussel sprouts
tangopianista
I thought it was the fluoride
LumpWithaLeafHat
No no that just makes the frogs gay.
MrNardtastic
No that's the chem trails. The fluoride makes you autistic.
ArtsyDad
No, it's because you needed to love yourself more. Congrats!
GINGIVITISSS
Oops, too many rutabagas, you are trans now ?
SURPRISEscience
Furiously Googles where to buy fresh rutabagas.
OverthoughtUnderedited
Gateway fruits
iamthemanwithnoname
Vegetable is basically a worthless description. All vegetables are better described with a different word - change my mind.
blumpk1npie
Must... not... make... jokes...
juantoo3fore
Change the word, the definition remains the same. A word is only a word because it's definition. Changing the actual word does nothing
tegfdd77
Maybe you should eat more vegetables, Ace.
LovelyMover
Are you one of them...Rootiterians?
Dreissen
It does a good job of at least referring to the parts of plants used in cooking. The term "seafood" is worse as far as being nondescript.
pixelsnader
Which word(s)?
iamthemanwithnoname
Pot herb.
pixelsnader
So, leafy vegetables like spinach and kale? But what about things like carrots (root veg) or broccoli (flowery veg)?
PeteThePerv
those eaty green fuckers
Clickbot9000
Is animal, too?
iamthemanwithnoname
Animal is more comparable to plant. Most of the time you won't need to tell someone something is an animal but it's good for teaching kids.
Burgundee
Vegetable is to plants as meat is to animals. Non-specific terms for the edible parts of dead things.
iamthemanwithnoname
So parsley, paprika, apples and hazelnuts are all vegetables?
Burgundee
Parsley is the leaves of a plant, so yes. The rest are fruits and nuts, the equivalent of eggs.
grubbylittleslug
I have no desire to change your mind because I agree with you. Language evolves.
iamthemanwithnoname
Glad to have some support. My whole family disowned me and society shunned me for my extreme linguistic beliefs.
grubbylittleslug
We are kindred spirits. Every night I lay down in my cardboard box to sleep rough under the railway arch I grow more determined to stay true
photoshopbot01
You just used the word "vegetables" to quickly identify a group of plants, and everyone understood what you meant.
iamthemanwithnoname
Did I? Because I don't know what group of plants I mean. Do I mean banana? courgette? potato? tomato? Any of, some of or none of these?
ZebraCockSandwich
so a banana is a fruit, a courgette is a fruit, a potato is a vegetable, and a tomato is a fruit. Learn the meaning of the words you use. 1
ZebraCockSandwich
a fruit is a seed baring part of a plant. a vegetable is the root, stalk, or leaf of a plant. its not that hard, and is yes, specific. 2
NumNutts
thetrulymaddog1134
Man Imgur feels strongly about this one
axelfive
I mean, that just sounds like a lack of education. Because bananas and tomatos are fruit and this is common knowledge.
OverthoughtUnderedited
No, wtf is a courgette, yes, yes except when dealing with pedants who insist it's a fruit. This wasn't hard at all.
ZebraCockSandwich
courgette is English (as in European) for cucumber.
pixelsnader
What? No. Courgette is a zucchini, not a cucumber.
Barrum
Oh this is adorable, you're finally learning context is an important part of language and that nearly every word has multiple meanings.
TheMouseOfMadness
That's just gateway linguistics. Soon the rush fades and they'll start telling random strangers the etymology of common phrases.
BigFatFailureTurtle
Ok, so is a tomato a vegetable? The tool says no, it's a fruit, but those aren't separate things by any definition.
Barrum
1/Say it with me: "Context is important". Are we discussing vegetative parts of plants? Nutritional value? Reproductive purpose? Is the
darkdragonempress
The tomatoes thing is an odd one with a somewhat amusing backstory. But most other things fit pretty easily into the category.
Devotionthepirate
A vegetable is the edible root, stem, or leaf of a plant
NefariousGoop
Is tomato a vegetable? What about rhubarb? Edible flowers?
AnthropomorphisingEverything
Rhubarb is a vegetable. https://youtu.be/LybfPwCzs3g
ZebraCockSandwich
you clearly didn't listen. a tomato contains seeds. it is a fruit. rhubarb and flowers are vegetables because they do not contain seeds.
Devotionthepirate
Tomato no, rhubarb yes, flower no. It's pretty easy
photoshopbot01
So what you're saying is, you're not sure which kinds of plants would be better described with a different word?
photoshopbot01
My apologies, I know I'm twisting your words a little here. My point is that even if definitions are fuzzy at the edges, they can still >
photoshopbot01
> be useful in general usage. I'm not sure what you might replace "vegetable" with that wouldn't be similarly fuzzy, or less useful.
iamthemanwithnoname
I think what I'm saying is I don't think anyone knows what a vegetable is which makes it not a very useful word.
juantoo3fore
What word are you gonna use? Words are only words because their definition
stja
Literally everyone knows what vegetables are.
JustLettingPeopleBeWrong
Lots of people do. YOU don't. That's an issue with your knowledge, not with word definitions.