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October 23, 2022

Question: Pumpkin: Vegetable or fruit?

Answer: Fruit.

Although we don’t pluck pumpkins off a tree like apples, pumpkins have their seeds on the inside, which officially makes them fruit. (The same is true of tomatoes.) Bonus fact: I learned this definition from the utterly charming Waffles + Mochi, a cooking show ostensibly for children but which has a lot to offer even big kids like me. 


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