Name changing fruit and veg

[Steve vRS]

Having a conversation in the office about vegetables as you do. It was established that a courgette if not picked, gets larger and is then known as a marrow.

Are there any other fruit or vegetables where this is the case?

Of course, veal turns into beef by the same logic

[Europa1]

Veal and beef are vegetables?! I am getting my 5 a day after all!

[matchmaker]

It wasn't until recently that I discovered that gherkins are pickled cucumbers.

[Vaud]

Europa1 said:

Veal and beef are vegetables?! I am getting my 5 a day after all!

Beef is concentrated grass.

[Steve vRS]

matchmaker said:

It wasn't until recently that I discovered that gherkins are pickled cucumbers.

Good one! We were wondering if a gherkin was a small cucumber.

[Vaud]

Steve vRS said:

Having a conversation in the office about vegetables as you do. It was established that a courgette if not picked, gets larger and is then known as a marrow.

Are there any other fruit or vegetables where this is the case?

Of course, veal turns into beef by the same logic

Grapes into raisins / sultanas when dried.

[Steve vRS]

Vaud said:

Europa1 said:

Veal and beef are vegetables?! I am getting my 5 a day after all!

Beef is concentrated grass.

Suitable for vegans then.

[cuprabob]

Sawdust turns to Quorn over time...

[Riley Blue]

Vaud said:

Europa1 said:

Veal and beef are vegetables?! I am getting my 5 a day after all!

Beef is concentrated grass.

Therefore all dairy products are grass 'cos milk comes from cows which are female beefs...

[B17NNS]

Riley Blue said:

female beefs...

[Vaud]

And wine is concentrated grape juice.

So all you need to eat is steak and drink wine.

[Frank7]

Barely apropos the thread, but it reminded me of the old one about, what's the difference between a pot of yoghurt, and Australia?
If you leave it alone for long enough, eventually the pot of yoghurt will develop a culture.
I don't agree with the premise, I'm just relating the "joke".

[Strudul]

All-Bran is just a cardboard box that's been cut into thin strips and put inside another cardboard box.

[LordGrover]

Like the courgette/zucchini which changes name as it traverses the English speaking world, the swede turns into a rutabaga in America and some natives of northern climes call them turnips - which is a completely different thing altogether!

[Europa1]

LordGrover said:

Like the courgette/zucchini which changes name as it traverses the English speaking world, the swede turns into a rutabaga in America and some natives of northern climes call them turnips - which is a completely different thing altogether!

Don't forget the egg plant/aubergine.

[LordGrover]

Europa1 said:

Don't forget the egg plant/aubergine.

Of course.

Then there's the tomato vs tomato trans-Atlantic debate.

[Europa1]

LordGrover said:

Europa1 said:

Don't forget the egg plant/aubergine.

Of course.

Then there's the tomato vs tomato trans-Atlantic debate.

And those things which the Americans call "Urbs".

[Pica-Pica]

Vaud said:

Europa1 said:

Veal and beef are vegetables?! I am getting my 5 a day after all!

Beef is concentrated grass.

Or corn, if from USA!

[227bhp]

Potatoes turn into chips if you treat them right.

[talksthetorque]

So before they were merely Blueberries, Tomatoes, Avocados, Spinach.
Now they are Superfoods.
You can tell which foods are superfoods as they will have their underpants outside their coloured tights when on the shelves in the supemarket.