Are pickles a vegtable

Answer 1

Pickles are cucumbers. Cucumbers are vegatables.

Yeah. they're actually baby cucumbers.

No. Cucumbers are a fruit.

My 2 cents: Most people don't seem to understand what fruits and vegetables are from a botanical standpoint versus a dietary (food groups) standpoint. Most people consider a tomato to be a vegetable dietary wise but it is a fruit botanically speaking. From a dietary (food groups) standpoint pickles/cucumbers could go either way IMO.

Answer 2

A Pickle is something that you do not grow; it is a cucumber, just pickled.A cucumber is technically a fruit. The reason they are considered fruits, just like tomatoes, is because unlike vegetables, they have seeds on the inside.This makes them qualified to be a fruit, not a vegetable.

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Answer 3

What Americans traditionally refer to as pickles are actually cucumbers that have undergone a pickling process - usually involving leaving them in vinegar or brine (salty water). So, I suspect the answer to your question depends on whether you consider cucumber to be a fruit or a vegetable, and I believe it meets the definition of a fruit rather than a vegetable.

Answer 4

No, pickles are not considered a vegetable serving because of their high salt content. See http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/5_Day/5_day_serving_sizes.pdf.

Answer 5

A cucumber is both a fruit and a vegetable so the pickle follows suit. See the related link for more information.

Answer 6

because ketchup is made from tomato so tomato is a vegeteble

Answer 7

Yes. Pickles are cucumbers and cucumbers are a vegetable.

Answer 8

I dont know..are they?