Of cocoa beans and trees

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Chocolate comes from Cocoa Beans. Cocoa Beans come from trees. Thus Chocolate is a fruit/vegetable.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Then please explain rubber.

    Rubber comes from trees, or at least it did when i went to school.

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    • wigsplitz
      12 years ago

      It's like a sap or excretion from the rubber tree. They cut into the tree and it flows out, they collect it. Sort of like maple trees, they tap the trees and collect the sap to make maple syrup.

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      • [Old Memory]
        12 years ago

        I never knew maple syrup came from sap. Then again, i've never tasted maple syrup. One learns something new every day.

        Getting back to the storyline... Exactly, and i would never consider classifying rubber as a fruit.

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        • wigsplitz
          12 years ago

          Really? Never tasted maple syrup? Wow. Maple syrup is real big here in NY, all the maple trees get tapped and there's buckets hanging from them collecting sap. It takes like 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. They boil it down to concentrate it so it becomes thick and sweet. The sap is almost like water in it's natural state.

          Google images of maple sap collection, you'll see the method and what it looks like as sap. It really looks just like water. That's why it takes so much to make syrup...

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          • [Old Memory]
            12 years ago

            Never been to NY, but, for some reason, i find it difficult to believe that people living there would have the time, or patience, to collect sap. It would be a lot easier to go to the grocery store and buy a jar.

            I guess i have seen too many films featuring stressed-out New Yorkers.

            Anyway, i still don't consider rubber to be a fruit :o)

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            • wigsplitz
              12 years ago

              NY is mostly very rural, believe it or not. There's a lot of maple farms. Many local companies that take a lot of pride in syrup and candies!

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  • kittenlittle
    12 years ago

    its a seed

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    If a then b right?

    Or something like that... Science class? I don't remember.

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    • karmasAbich
      12 years ago

      Lol I chuckled after reading this

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      • Shackleford96
        12 years ago

        Thanks, I'm glad I made you chuckle :)

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        • karmasAbich
          12 years ago

          Bravo!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      12 years ago

      Close enough :)

      If A = B and B = C then A = C.

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      • Shackleford96
        12 years ago

        Ah, yes. Thanks for the clarification :)

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  • Rufus
    12 years ago

    It is a fruit derivative.

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  • wigsplitz
    12 years ago

    It's a seed from within a fruit. Like a peach pit or apple seeds.

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  • Ihadtomakeyetanotheraccountffs
    12 years ago

    No because chocolate isn't just made of cocoa. It's made with milk and sugar too.

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  • Chillpill
    12 years ago

    So coffee and tea would also be vegetables or fruit then?

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