Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables? Many people think that they are fruits while in fact they are vegetables. At least, for the cooking purposes, they are vegetables and that they can be cooked in so many different ways, among the best recipe include the roasting tomatoes. But in the scientific world, they do share the similarities with fruits.
Tomatoes are from the South America where they then spread across the globe. America would be among the first country outside the continent to be blessed with the tomatoes. As Spain was one of the countries being occupied the American, Americans got the opportunity to try the tomato and bring the fruit back to their country.
This can be disappointing for some people who think that tomatoes come from Europe or Italy to be precise. It is quite normal to think so as the tomatoes is one of the must have ingredient for any Italian pasta. So it is quite amusing to think that there was a time when the Italian did not cook using the tomato sauce. Moreover, there were some areas in Italy such has Florence, where the tomato was only used for tabletop decoration only. The fruit was considered poisonous and deadly to consume, and that is why they do not eat the sweet tomatoes.
There was another amazing thing that people should now about tomato. The word tomato actually came from Aztec. The Aztecs called the tomato with xitomatl and they pronounce it tomato which means something plump. Later on, the pronunciation is used in the English word and we call l the fruit, tomato. Amazing isn’t it? The word tomato may be something that we hear on a daily basis, but we may never realize that it comes from an ancient word.
The tomato is especially good when roasted. Spring and summer are the best times to eat tomatoes as they are at the peak of their ripeness and the quality is at their best. Roasting tomatoes would be considered as healthy and tasty snack. They are tasty because the sweetness seems to be a lot more than when they are not roasted. In addition, they are healthy because the little vegetable has so many vitamins and minerals in their bodies. You can never get bored with these roasted tomatoes as there are so many ways to enjoy the roasted tomatoes. They cna be eaten along or put on top of crackers and bread.
