The Wild Legal Reason Tomatoes Became “Vegetables”

Wait… tomatoes are only considered vegetables in the U.S. because of taxes? 🤯

On HospitalityHangout, Amanda Cohen explains the bizarre legal history behind one of food’s oldest debates:

Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Turns out, there was an actual court case over it. And it completely changed how tomatoes were classified in America.The conversation somehow gets even stranger once cucumbers and olives enter the chat.