关于食物的一些事实会让你大吃一惊

There are some kinds of food that we shop so regularly they became indispensable parts of our life. The familiarity with their benefits makes us tend to accept that they have no other characteristics.

有一些种类的食物，我们经常购买，它们成为我们生活中不可缺少的一部分。熟悉它们的好处使我们倾向于认为它们没有其他特征。

Break made a list of food items that aren’t “botanically” what we think them to be.

Break列出了一份食物清单，这些食物并不是我们从植物学角度认为的那样。

Strawberries are not berries and neither are raspberries or blackberries.

草莓不是浆果，覆盆子和黑莓也不是。

Officially berries are defined as fleshy fruits produced from the ovary of a single flower. And strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries do not meet this criterion.

浆果的正式定义是由一朵花的子房产生的肉质水果。而草莓、树莓和黑莓不符合这一标准。

An avocado is a berry, and so are bananas.

鳄梨是浆果，香蕉也是。

Avocados and bananas are fleshy fruits produced from the ovary of a single flower, so they are technically classified as berries.

鳄梨和香蕉都是由一朵花的子房结出的肉质水果，所以它们在技术上被归类为浆果。

Sugarcane is a grass.

甘蔗是一种草

Although a bit taller than your everyday grass, sugarcane is technically classified as a grass.

虽然比你见到的草高一点，但甘蔗在技术上确实被归类为草。

Peanuts are not nuts, they are actually considered beans.

花生不是坚果，它们实际上被认为是豆类。

Nuts grow on trees, whereas peanuts grow in pods underground. Botanists classify peanutsas legumes which means that they are from the same family as beans, peas, and lentils.

坚果长在树上，而花生长在地下的豆荚里。植物学家将花生分类为豆类，这意味着它们与豆类、豌豆和扁豆同科。

White chocolate isn’t chocolate.

白巧克力不是巧克力

White chocolate is made with cocoa butter, milk solids, and sugar, and does not contain cocoa solids that give the traditional darker chocolates their recognizable flavor and color.

白巧克力由可可脂、牛奶固体和糖制成，不含可可固体，而可可固体使传统黑巧克力具有可识别的味道和颜色。

Quinoa isn’t a grain, it’s a seed.

藜麦不是谷物，它是一种种子。

There’s a lot of debate regarding quinoa being a grain or a seed. Biologically speaking quinoa is a seed that is harvested from a tall, leafy plant that is not a cereal grass. It is a close relative of spinach and chard.

有很多关于藜麦是谷物还是种子的争论。从生物学上讲，藜麦是一种种子，是从一种高而多叶的植物中收获的，而不是谷类草。它是菠菜和甜菜的近亲。

Eggplant is not a vegetable, it’s a fruit — technically a berry.

茄子不是一种蔬菜，它是一种水果——严格来说是一种浆果。

While in the kitchen eggplant is treated as a vegetable because we do not eat it raw for its sweetness, scientists classify it as a fruit since it has seeds inside.

在厨房里，茄子被当作一种蔬菜，因为它的甜味，我们不生吃它，而科学家把它归为水果，因为它里面有籽。

Tomatoes are fruits too.

西红柿也是水果。

Anything that has seeds inside is scientifically classified as a fruit. And we have all seen tomatoes filled with seeds. So, however you eat them, raw or cooked, tomatoes are biologically classified as a fruit.

任何里面有种子的东西都被科学地归为水果。我们都见过充满种子的西红柿。所以，不管你怎么吃，生的或熟的，番茄在生物学上都是一种水果。

Bell peppers are also fruits.

灯笼椒也是水果。

We have all seen the inside of peppers that are laden with seeds, therefore no matter how we use them in the kitchen, they are fruits.

我们都见过辣椒里面的种子，所以无论我们在厨房里怎么用，它们都是水果。