That was pretty disgusting!

Dahlink, it reminds me of the dude who gets his face melted at the end of Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.

JL, there's soemthing bad wrong with you...

"Mr. Peanut wouldn't hurt me ... he's a leguuuuume." -- Dennis FInch

When I was young we were taught that a tomato is a fruit when raw, but a vegetable when cooked. Thus my mad skillz in alchemy.

I used to think I was clever when I knew that avocados and olives were fruits. The I realized that what I know is ... bupkis.

FROM WIKI: Many foods are botanically fruit, but are treated as vegetables in cooking and food preparation. These include cucurbits (e.g., squash, pumpkin, and cucumber), tomato, peas, beans, corn, eggplant, and sweet pepper, spices, such as allspice and chillies.[2] Occasionally, though rarely, a culinary "fruit" is not a true fruit in the botanical sense. For example, rhubarb is often referred to as a fruit, because it is used to make sweet desserts such as pies, however only the petiole of the rhubarb plant is edible.[7] In the culinary sense, a fruit is usually any sweet tasting plant product associated with seed(s), a vegetable is any savoury or less sweet plant product, and a nut any hard, oily, and shelled plant product.[8]

Although a nut is a type of fruit, it is also a popular term for edible seeds, such as peanuts (which are actually a legume) and pistachios.[9] Technically, a cereal grain is a fruit termed a caryopsis. However, the fruit wall is very thin and fused to the seed coat so almost all of the edible grain is actually a seed. Therefore, cereal grains, such as corn, wheat and rice are better considered edible seeds, although some references list them as fruits.[10] Edible gymnosperms seeds are often misleadingly given fruit names, e.g. pine nuts, ginkgo nuts, and juniper berries.

But still kinda cool!

And is this really so out of the question?

Whatever...that video is revoltin', altho I AM curious to know how long it took to record. Somebody has WAY too much time on his/her hands.

And thank you, OMG, for the dissertation on fruits/vegetables/nuts. I love the smell of edification in the morning!

Gosh, I can't wait to get home to see what appears under "Death of a Tomato." The silly filter at work is preventing viewing at this time.

Multimedia Editor and Resident Cheeseburger, Wings and Crab Ball Expert John Lindner wrote: "Sorry. I can’t accept it as a killer."

I guess he's never seen Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

This is a tomato snuff movie. I am outraged at the callousness and depravity which he displays in even letting this video see the light of day on this blog.
That poor tomato never did anything to hurt anybody!

OMG flogs the edibleness of the petiole of the rhubarb and I'm the bad wrong callous depraved guy???

It's not like supermarket tomatoes are worth eating anyway.... I'm patiently awaiting my own tomato crop and will be content to not eat flavorless store-boughten 'maters until then.

Rosebud - ya gotta love the Onion. That was so funny I had to dash to the privy. Now, does anyone know how I can view the snuff film without waiting another six hours? In other words, where online might I also find it? Thanks.

All the fruit/vegetable contamination issues reminds me of that advice in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --- that the secret to healthy hitchhiking is to eat junk food. Except for the nasty problem with the trans fats!

Here it is, Rob.

Rosebud, it is only a matter of time, I'm afraid ...

Thanks, Rosebud. Frankly, I don't see why anyone thinks it's disgusting. Rather, it's a clever use of time lapse photography. Now, if you want to see something that will bring power-ballad tears to your eyes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24dVbH85wc

I have days like this!

Maybe I should pull a dozen or so screen shots from the video and frame the relevant one outside my office door so people will know what to expect when they walk in.

OMG: Never thought I would read more than I wanted to know about food. But thanks for confirming my good judgment in never consulting Wiki.

It's all semantics, FHJ. You can safely ignore ...