Life's Mysteries
The Pineapple
I was talking a while back with some friends of mine about pineapples. I know, it is a pretty weird thing to talk about, but I'm really intrigued by the pineapple. Let me tell you why. I believe that the pineapple is not a fruit. In today's blog I will prove that the pineapple is a nut. There are a few things that I would like to share with you before I begin my in-depth analysis; first off, I would like to look at a few definitions, just so that we are all equally informed. After this brief, but important step, I will look at a few examples, be it, pictures and articles in order to help with the development of the proof. Looking at the above elements will prove that the pineapple is not a fruit, but really a nut.
Definitions:
Fruit:
"The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant,
together with accessory parts, containing the seeds
and occurring in a wide variety of forms."
(Copyright © 2006, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.,
Dictionary.com)
Nut:
"An indehiscent, hard-shelled, and one-loculated...."
((Copyright © 2006, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.,
Dictionary.com)
It is evident to me that the fruit usually contains seeds, let's look at a few examples of a fruit:
peaches
cherries
tomatoes
apples
These images show picutres of fruit, all of which contain seeds and all are members of the fruit family. The pineapple, however, does not contain seeds. It does have a hard core and on the outside there is a 'hard-shell' which cannot be eaten. Most often the outer layer of the pineapple is removed in order to eat what is inside. One is reminded of the coconut, which is also a nut that has a hard-shelled exterior and inner white flesh.
The pineapple, though tasty, sweet, and healthy is acutally a nut. I have proved this by juxtaposing the different types of fruit with types of nut. It is safe to say that the pineapple, with its hard-shelled exterior and delicious insides is a part of the nut family.
There is one problem that I face................
Does the nut belong to the fruit family?
I was talking a while back with some friends of mine about pineapples. I know, it is a pretty weird thing to talk about, but I'm really intrigued by the pineapple. Let me tell you why. I believe that the pineapple is not a fruit. In today's blog I will prove that the pineapple is a nut. There are a few things that I would like to share with you before I begin my in-depth analysis; first off, I would like to look at a few definitions, just so that we are all equally informed. After this brief, but important step, I will look at a few examples, be it, pictures and articles in order to help with the development of the proof. Looking at the above elements will prove that the pineapple is not a fruit, but really a nut.
Definitions:
Fruit:
"The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant,
together with accessory parts, containing the seeds
and occurring in a wide variety of forms."
(Copyright © 2006, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.,
Dictionary.com)
Nut:
"An indehiscent, hard-shelled, and one-loculated...."
((Copyright © 2006, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.,
Dictionary.com)
It is evident to me that the fruit usually contains seeds, let's look at a few examples of a fruit:
peaches
cherries
tomatoes
apples
These images show picutres of fruit, all of which contain seeds and all are members of the fruit family. The pineapple, however, does not contain seeds. It does have a hard core and on the outside there is a 'hard-shell' which cannot be eaten. Most often the outer layer of the pineapple is removed in order to eat what is inside. One is reminded of the coconut, which is also a nut that has a hard-shelled exterior and inner white flesh.
The pineapple, though tasty, sweet, and healthy is acutally a nut. I have proved this by juxtaposing the different types of fruit with types of nut. It is safe to say that the pineapple, with its hard-shelled exterior and delicious insides is a part of the nut family.
There is one problem that I face................
Does the nut belong to the fruit family?
posted by Ceeg at
10:05 AM
3 Comments:
I'd say you haven't proved, but you have put forth some very convincing arguments. There is, however, one problem (besides the one you mentioned). Consider seedless grapes - they have no seeds, yet they are still, of course, fruit. Then why do they have no seeds? Because they have been bred to be this way by commercial fruit vendors. Now, consider this, from the Wikipedia:
Wild pineapples will contain one seed for each flower that produced the fruit. However, most commercially grown pineapples do not contain any seeds.
It turns out that although your logic is impeccible, we are the victims of a vast fruit industry conspiracy to hide both the seeds and the truth!
Also, I have no idea if nuts are fruits. Good question.
By
newtron, at 11:38 AM
So what we really need to look at is why we are being lied to about the fruit that we are eating and if it is in fact fruit. Like the definition says, a fruit contains seeds. If this is true then why are the seadless grapes a fruit? Why is the fruit industry farming these grapes to be seedless? What's so wrong with a seed?
So the pineapple MAY in fact be a fruit, it may not. I would still like to challenge those out there that the pineapple is a nut, a fruit and a plant all in one. What other kind of edible thing can have all that?
By
Ceeg, at 12:35 PM
consider this: you're both nuts!
By
Madmat, at 3:14 AM
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