Avocado: A fruit or a vegetable
I just remember a conversation in one of my Japanese Classes about food when suddenly he ( a classmate ) mentioned that avocado and soy sauce is delicious. I was like What?? that sound so weird. He then said that avocado is a vegetable.. again what?? avocado is not a vegetable , its a fruit. He was an american.
Our Japanese teacher ( a volunteer ) agreed with him that avocado is a vegetable. Now am confused. In all my life I know that avocado is categorized as a fruit. Although am not a very big fan of this fruit/vegetable, I still enjoy eating it together with other fruit in a fruit salad or mixing it with milk and turning it into a shake.
It’s was really an interesting conversation about food. So in your country how do you categorize avocado and how do you eat it??
September 14th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Avocado is definitely a fruit!…
I usually have it in a salad.. or in sandwiches (really nice with chicken!).. oh! and with sour cream as guacamole!!! =)
So I guess it kinda works like a vegetable for me (same way a tomato is fruit, but it serves more like a vegetable)
September 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
All of the Japanese I know were really surprised when I told them that avocado is best served as avocado-milk shake.
September 14th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
@Lisa.. ive never tried that before..
@shiera.. yeah for them its really a vegetable
September 14th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Like Lisa, avocados may technically be fruit but like tomatoes I eat them as vegetables in salad, sandwiches, guacamole, etc. I’ve never had an avocado milkshake! I can understand the avocado and soy sauce since California roll sushi is often made with avocado in place of toro.
September 15th, 2007 at 6:42 am
@tanabata .. thanks for dropping by too.. salad huh?? might give this a try sometime
September 15th, 2007 at 8:46 am
hello DROPPING BY TO SAY HELLO…COCO FROM BISDAKPALANET
September 15th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
@coco .. thanks for dropping by…:grin:
September 16th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
I eat avocado as a fruit and as a vegetable right after living in Japan. Tanabata is right, avocado can replace toro in sushi makis. I slice the avocado in half then put sugar and eat them just like that. My husband first tried avocado shake only after we came to Dubai.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
avocado must be having an identity crisis now.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:16 am
@grace, I have not tried avocado on sushi though, hopefully i could try it soon.
@Liz,
yeah it seems so