Who Woulda Thunk?

Did you know that pumpkins are fruits?

I never really thought much about it, until I saw it on a food introduction guide for babies under the "fruits" category. As are tomatoes (that one I knew), cucumbers, squash, peppers, ... Weird, isn't it? They're fruits because they have seeds in the edible flesh. True vegetables, like carrots, do not.

You learn something new every day.