What are some Fruits that you thought were Vegetables?

Summary

Podcast Summary: “What are some Fruits that you thought were Vegetables?”

Who Smarted? – May 6, 2026
Host: Trusty Narrator | Featuring: Smarty Pants, Carla the Cucumber, Tom Tomato, Wyatt's Yoshi

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Main Theme Overview

This episode of “Who Smarted?” hilariously investigates the surprising world of fruits that masquerade as vegetables (and vice versa). With playful voices and interactive questioning, the show brings clarity to how we categorize plant foods scientifically, delving into definitions, common misconceptions, and fun nutritional facts—perfect for sparking curiosity and classroom chatter.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Kicking Off at the Supermarket

• [02:14] Trusty Narrator enters a typical grocery store produce section, setting the “scene” for the lesson.
• Fun Fact: The produce section is often placed at the front of stores because its bright colors entice shoppers and encourage more shopping.

2. Revealing the Tomato’s True Identity

• [03:11] Tom Tomato speaks up, asserting:
  “I get mistaken for a vegetable all the time, but the truth is, I'm a fruit.” — Tom Tomato [04:09]
• The show introduces the main confusion: many foods we call “vegetables” are, botanically, fruits.

3. What Makes a Fruit, and What Makes a Vegetable?

• [05:30] Smarty Pants provides definitions:

  • Fruit: The part of a plant that has seeds or pits (e.g., tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, bell peppers).
  • Vegetable: Edible leaves, roots, or stems (e.g., carrots, broccoli, spinach).

• Quiz moment:

  • Q: What’s the main difference between fruits and veggies?
  • A: “It's the seeds!” — Trusty Narrator & Smarty Pants [05:54]

• Notable Quote:
  “A fruit doesn't have to be sweet.” — Trusty Narrator [06:15]

4. Surprising Fruits Hiding as Veggies

• [07:11] Enter Carla the Cucumber, who reveals:

  • “Nope. I, too, am a fruit.” — Carla the Cucumber [07:23]

• The show lists commonly mistaken fruits:

  • Cucumbers, pickles (from cucumbers), green beans, avocados, eggplants, summer squashes (zucchini, pumpkin), and all bell and spicy peppers.
  • “Have all my veggie salads been secretly fruit salads?” — Trusty Narrator [07:26]

• Fun Fact Quiz:

  • Only one fruit has its seeds on the outside—Strawberries! [07:54]

5. Nutritional Differences

• [09:03] Fruits generally have more natural sugar (like fructose), along with vitamins C and potassium.

• Vegetables are often higher in fiber and packed with vitamins A, K, and folate.

• Notable interactive question:
  “Which is higher in natural sugar, fruits or veggies? The answer is fruits.” — Trusty Narrator [09:19]

6. How Produce Gets to Stores

• [10:06] Fruits and veggies may travel long distances. Only those labeled “local” are grown nearby.
• Preservation techniques include using chemicals and picking before ripeness to avoid spoilage in transit.
• Explanation of “ripe”—when a food is ready to eat.
  “A great example is the banana.” — Carla the Cucumber [11:13]

7. Which is Healthier: Fruits or Vegetables?

• [16:25] The consensus:
  • “You really can't go wrong with either fruits or veggies... Both are important for a healthy diet.” — Carla the Cucumber [16:25]
  • Kids should eat at least five servings a day. [16:40]

8. Are Any Vegetables Mistaken for Fruits?

• [17:08] Rhubarb is discussed:
  • Often thought of as a fruit (and used in desserts) but is really a plant stem—“So definitely a vegetable.” — Carla the Cucumber [17:08]

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Memorable Quotes and Moments

• “My world is seriously being turned upside down.” — Trusty Narrator, on learning cucumbers are fruits [08:39]

• “Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t?” — Trusty Narrator [17:51]

  • [17:55] Carla the Cucumber explains: true berries come from one flower with one ovary (like bananas, eggplants, tomatoes, and pomegranates). Strawberries and raspberries are not true berries.

• “Turns out kiwis contain more vitamin C than oranges.” — Smarty Pants [19:03]

  • Kiwis are a ‘superfood’—packed with nutrients.

• The smelliest fruit in the world?
  “The answer is durian... can smell like rotten eggs, sweaty socks, or even garbage.” — Smarty Pants [19:47–20:14]

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Fun Fact Segments (with Timestamps)

• [07:54] Which fruit has seeds on the outside?
  • Answer: Strawberry.
• [17:51–18:41] Berries: True and False
  • Bananas, eggplants, tomatoes, and pomegranates = true berries.
  • Strawberries/raspberries = not true berries.
• [19:03] Highest Vitamin C:
  • Kiwis beat out oranges and are a nutritional powerhouse.
• [19:47] The World’s Stinkiest Fruit:
  • Durian is notorious for its strong odor!

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Structure for Listeners/Key Takeaways

Understanding Fruit vs. Vegetable

• Fruits have seeds; vegetables do not.
• Many “savory” foods commonly classified as vegetables are actually fruits!

Nutrition

• Both fruits and veggies are healthy and needed in a balanced diet.
• Fruits bring more natural sugar, vitamin C, and potassium.
• Vegetables tend to have more fiber, vitamin A, vitamin K, and folate.

Surprising Science

• Not every “berry” is a berry!
• Kiwis top the charts for vitamin C.
• Durian is the world’s stinkiest fruit.

Actionable Advice for Kids

• Aim for at least five servings of fruits and veggies per day.
• Try new produce—some “veggies” may secretly be fruits!

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• “I get mistaken for a vegetable all the time, but the truth is, I'm a fruit.” — Tom Tomato [04:09]
• “Now you're getting it. In fact, the fruit is the part of the plant that holds the seeds.” — Smarty Pants [06:09]
• “Nope. I, too, am a fruit.” — Carla the Cucumber [07:23]
• “Turns out kiwis contain more vitamin C than oranges.” — Smarty Pants [19:03]
• “The answer is durian... can smell like rotten eggs, sweaty socks, or even garbage.” — Smarty Pants [19:47]

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Engaging & Playful Tone

The episode maintains a conversational, zany, and interactive tone—balancing education and laughs, perfect for engaging young listeners and classrooms.

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If you thought you knew your fruits and veggies, think again! This episode will forever change how you look at your salad.

Transcript

[Trusty Narrator]

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[Smarty Pants]

Psst.

[Trusty Narrator]

Hey, smarty pants. It's snack time. See if you can guess what I'm munching on. Nope, not badly. Burnt pizza. That is me biting into a delicious juicy apple. A green apple, to be exact. Of course, I love other apples too, like Honeycrisps, Sun Crisps, Fuji Golden Delicious, to name but a few. Which do you prefer? I also love pairing apple slices with other tasty treats like cheese or peanut butter.

[Carla the Cucumber]

Mmm.

[Trusty Narrator]

Mmm.

[Smarty Pants]

Oh, did someone say snack time? How about some nice, delicious meat cake?

[Trusty Narrator]

No offense, Grandma, but I've been trying to eat healthier. I think I'd like to stick to mostly fruits and vegetables for snack time.

[Smarty Pants]

Oh, maybe I can make you a delicious veggie meat cake or a sweet fruity dessert meat cake.

[Trusty Narrator]

Um, actually, I was gonna go to the supermarket and just stock up on fruits and veggies.

[Smarty Pants]

Oh, good. I'll go with you. And then we can have meat cake after.

[Trusty Narrator]

Um, do I smell a meat cake burning in the oven?

[Smarty Pants]

Oh, no. I better go check.

[Trusty Narrator]

Now's my chance. Ah, here we are. The supermarket. AKA the grocery store. Okay, smarty pants, I've got my shopping cart and I'm entering the produce section. This is the part of the supermarket where you'll find all the fresh fruits and veggies. It's usually the first section of the store when you walk in. Any guesses why? Seeing all the bright colors and carefully arranged fresh fruits and veggies sets a positive Tone and encourages shoppers to spend more time and money in the store. Looking around at all these mist covered veggies has put me in the mood for a nice, healthy salad.

[Smarty Pants]

Yummy.

[Trusty Narrator]

What to put in it? Hmm, well, lettuce, of course, and some carrots, red cabbage, a tomato. Those are all delicious, savory vegetables.

[Smarty Pants]

Ahem.

[Trusty Narrator]

Smarty pants, did you hear someone? There doesn't seem to be anyone else here in the produce aisle. But I could have sworn I distinctly heard.

[Smarty Pants]

Ahem. Ahem.

[Trusty Narrator]

Hello? Who's there? Reveal yourself.

[Smarty Pants]

I would, but your hand is covering me.

[Trusty Narrator]

My hand? There's nothing in my hand but a tomato I was considering buying for my salad.

[Smarty Pants]

Yeah, that's me. And for the record, you don't need to squeeze me like an avocado to see if I'm ready to eat. If I'm red, I'm ripe.

[Trusty Narrator]

Wow, A ripe, red tomato is talking to me. How exciting. Do you have a name?

[Smarty Pants]

Yeah, Tom.

[Trusty Narrator]

Hi, Tom Tomato. I'm the trusty narrator. Sorry about the excess squeezing. I'm making a vegetable salad and I just wanted to make sure all of my vegetables were ready to eat, you being one of them.

[Smarty Pants]

Listen, trusty, I'm not upset about all the squeezing or even the eating part, okay?

[Trusty Narrator]

But you do seem annoyed about something, smarty pants. It's not just me.

[Smarty Pants]

The thing I'm annoyed about is a classic mistake that happens all the time.

[Trusty Narrator]

Oh, smarty pants. Any idea what my mistake was? You might have to help us out here, Tom Tomato.

[Smarty Pants]

Yeah, I get mistaken for a vegetable all the time, but the truth is, I'm a fruit.

[Trusty Narrator]

What? Tomatoes are fruits.

[Smarty Pants]

But.

[Trusty Narrator]

But, but tomatoes are used in veggie salads and veggie sandwiches. I just assumed they were vegetables.

[Smarty Pants]

Nope, tomatoes are fruit. You know why?

[Trusty Narrator]

Um, clearly not.

[Smarty Pants]

Well, I'll tell you all about it. In fact, I'm willing to bet I'm not the only food in your salad that's actually a fruit that you thought was a vegetable.

[Trusty Narrator]

Oh, boy. Who knew there was so much drama in the produce section? I wonder what other fruits I've mistaken for vegetables. And what makes a fruit a fruit and a vegetable a vegetable anyway? And why do so many of us get them confused? Get ready for a healthy whiff of science and history.

[Smarty Pants]

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[Trusty Narrator]

Okay, Tom, what makes you a tomato, a fruit, and not a Vegetable. Smartypants, do you know to answer that?

[Smarty Pants]

Let's get some basic definitions out of the way. All right. Fruits and vegetables are both parts of plants that you eat. However, they're different in some key ways.

[Trusty Narrator]

Smartypants, any guesses what one of the main differences between fruits and veggies is? Is it A, the seeds, b, the colors, or C, the sweet taste? The answer is, A, the seeds.

[Smarty Pants]

Fruits are the sweet or sour part of a plant that contains seeds or a pit, which is essentially a giant seed.

[Trusty Narrator]

Aha. So because tomatoes have little seeds, that makes them a fruit.

[Smarty Pants]

Now you're getting it. In fact, the fruit is the part of the plant that holds the seeds.

[Carla the Cucumber]

Whoa.

[Trusty Narrator]

Smarty pants. True or false? Even though many fruits, such as apples, oranges, or bananas are sweet, a fruit doesn't have to be sweet. The answer is true.

[Smarty Pants]

Yep, some fruits are sour, like lemons, pineapple, or cranberries. Fruits are often eaten raw as a snack or dessert or used in cooking to add sweetness or flavor.

[Trusty Narrator]

And what about vegetables?

[Smarty Pants]

Vegetables, on the other hand, are the savory parts of plants, such as edible leaves, roots, and stems. Some common vegetables include carrots, broccoli, and spinach. Vegetables are often cooked and eaten as a side dish or part of a

[Trusty Narrator]

main course, which explains why veggies are usually eaten with your meal, while fruits are usually eaten after a meal like a dessert or as a snack.

[Smarty Pants]

That's right. Oh, look, here's someone else who wants to meet you.

[Carla the Cucumber]

Hi, trusty. I'm Carla the cucumber.

[Trusty Narrator]

Hi, Carla. At least I know where I stand with you. A cucumber is definitely a vegetable, right, smarty pants? What do you think?

[Carla the Cucumber]

Nope. I, too, am a fruit.

[Trusty Narrator]

Yikes. Cucumbers are fruits, too. Have all my veggie salads been secretly fruit salads?

[Smarty Pants]

It's looking that way. And why is a cucumber a fruit, smarty pants?

[Trusty Narrator]

Say it with me. Because cucumbers have seeds.

[Smarty Pants]

Yep.

[Carla the Cucumber]

Cucumbers and tomatoes both have seeds inside of us. Fun fact. Only one fruit has its seeds on the outside. Any guess what it is?

[Trusty Narrator]

Ooh, Smarty pants. What do you think? What is the only fruit with its seeds on the outside? Here's an audio hint. Um, a smoothie.

[Smarty Pants]

Not quite, but it could be in a smoothie.

[Trusty Narrator]

Oh, I know. That's the sound of a straw. And a strawberry has seeds on the outside. Smarty pants. Berry. Good if you got that one. Besides tomatoes and cucumbers, any other secret fruits hiding among the veggies?

[Carla the Cucumber]

Well, if a cucumber is Fruit. Then a pickle made from cucumbers is also a fruit. And then there's green beans and avocados. Both are fruits often mistaken for veggies.

[Trusty Narrator]

My world is seriously being turned upside down.

[Smarty Pants]

But wait, there's more.

[Wyatt's Yoshi]

More?

[Smarty Pants]

Don't forget eggplants. Summer squashes like zucchini, pumpkin and bell peppers. Doesn't matter if they're green, red, orange, or yellow. All fruits.

[Carla the Cucumber]

Same goes for spicy peppers like jalapeno, serrano, cayenne and ghost peppers.

[Trusty Narrator]

Mind blown. Okay, okay. Let's talk about the differences between fruits and and vegetables in terms of nutritional content. Smartypants. Which is higher in natural sugar, fruits or veggies? The answer is fruits.

[Carla the Cucumber]

Fruits are generally higher in natural sugars, such as fructose, which give them their sweet taste. They're also a great source of vitamins and minerals, particularly vitamin C and potassium.

[Smarty Pants]

Vegetables, on the other hand, are usually lower in sugar and higher in.

[Trusty Narrator]

In what, smarty pants? Is it A, salt, B, pepper, or C fiber?

[Smarty Pants]

The answer is C fiber.

[Trusty Narrator]

But what is fiber? Fiber is kind of the opposite of juicy. Think of raw carrots, broccoli, and spinach. Not much juice, right? But they are packed with vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, K and folate.

[Carla the Cucumber]

All important, important ingredients for keeping your body in good working condition.

[Trusty Narrator]

So, are all of the fruits and vegetables you see at the supermarket from the same farm or farms close to where you live?

[Smarty Pants]

Nope. The fruits and vegetables at your local supermarket or grocery store are usually delivered from far away by truck, ship, or trains. The only produce in the supermarket grown near your house is marked as local, meaning grown within a day's trip to your grocery store.

[Trusty Narrator]

Gotcha. But wait. If they're shipped from far away, why aren't they all mushy and rotten?

[Carla the Cucumber]

Well, the different companies that grow these fruits and vegetables use different methods to keep them fresh. Some use chemicals to slow down the bugs and mold that cause mushiness or rot. Other companies pick their fruits and veggies before they're ripe and let them ripen on the way to the grocery store.

[Trusty Narrator]

Smartypants, I'm sure you know what ripe means. When a fruit or vegetable is ripe, does it mean A, rotten, B, ready to be eaten, or C, hard and not ready to cook? Of course, smarty pants, the answer is B, ready to be eaten.

[Carla the Cucumber]

A great example is the banana. I'm sure you've seen green bananas at the store if you've ever tried to eat one. Yuck. Not to mention you'd probably get a bellyache but when they ripen and turn bright yellow, they're ready to be eaten.

[Smarty Pants]

But if they ripen too much, they turn black and rotten. You'll start to see fruit flies and mushy slime. Also, yuck.

[Trusty Narrator]

Yeah, there's a tight window for bananas avocados too.

[Smarty Pants]

It's also good to know that citrus fruits like lemons, limes and oranges, they don't ripen after you pick them, but bananas, apples and pears keep on ripening after being picked.

[Trusty Narrator]

Good to know. So here's a question I've always wondered what is technically better for you, fruits or vegetables?

[Smarty Pants]

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[Trusty Narrator]

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[Smarty Pants]

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[Trusty Narrator]

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[Carla the Cucumber]

Tom's right. You really can't go wrong with either fruits or veggies. Both are important for a healthy diet. And eating a variety of fruits and vegetables can help provide your body with the nutrients it needs to function properly.

[Trusty Narrator]

Smartypants, how many times a day should kids eat fruits and vegetables? Is it 3, 10, or 50? Well, experts recommend getting at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day.

[Smarty Pants]

Except in certain circumstances. You really can't have too many fruits or veggies.

[Trusty Narrator]

If only that were true about pizza. Anyway, we talked about all the different Fruits that get mistaken for vegetables. Are there any vegetables that people mistake for fruits?

[Carla the Cucumber]

Not really. The vegetable rhubarb, which looks a lot like celery and is sweet and used to make yummy desserts, is often thought of as a fruit, but it's actually a plant stem and doesn't have seeds inside. So definitely a vegetable.

[Trusty Narrator]

Wow, I gotta say, this has been one informative trip to the supermarket. Don't you agree, smarty pants? Who knew there was so much to learn about fruits and veggies?

[Smarty Pants]

You're kidding, right?

[Trusty Narrator]

Uh, about what?

[Carla the Cucumber]

That this is all there is to learn. We've got more fun facts about fruits and vegetables if you're into it.

[Trusty Narrator]

Are you kidding? I love fun facts. And so do the smarty pants and smarty parents. Go ahead, hit me with some sure thing.

[Smarty Pants]

Hey, trusty, did you know that bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't?

[Trusty Narrator]

Excuse me?

[Carla the Cucumber]

Berries are fruits that originate from one flower with one ovary which has lots of seeds. But despite having berry in their names, strawberries and raspberries are not berries at all.

[Smarty Pants]

But bananas, eggplants, tomatoes, and pomegranates are berries.

[Trusty Narrator]

True or false, smartypants? All berries are fruits. The answer is true.

[Smarty Pants]

But get this. Berries by definition have their seeds on the inside. But like we said earlier, a strawberry holds their seeds on the outside, which

[Carla the Cucumber]

means a strawberry is a fruit but not a berry.

[Trusty Narrator]

And a banana is because it has tiny seeds inside that you barely notice.

[Smarty Pants]

Exactly. Okay, here's another one. Which fruit has the most vitamin C?

[Trusty Narrator]

What do you think, smarty pants? Are you thinking the same thing I'm thinking? It's gotta be the orange, right? They always say to eat oranges for vitamin C, and that oranges and orange juice is good at chasing away a common cold.

[Wyatt's Yoshi]

Wrong.

[Smarty Pants]

Turns out kiwis contain more vitamin C than oranges.

[Carla the Cucumber]

In fact, this fuzzy little green fruit packs the biggest nutritional punch of any fruit in your produce aisle.

[Trusty Narrator]

Whoa.

[Carla the Cucumber]

And kiwis are known as a superfood with twice the vitamin C of an orange. Not to mention they are high in potassium and low in salt and are packed with other vitamins, minerals, and heart healthy nutrients too.

[Trusty Narrator]

Wow. I'm gonna add kiwis to my shopping list.

[Smarty Pants]

Okay, last fun fact. And it's a stinker. Trusty, what is the smelliest fruit in the world?

[Trusty Narrator]

Um, whatever fruit my grandma stuffs inside her dessert meat cake.

[Smarty Pants]

Ha. Good one. The answer is durian. Durian spelled D u r I a n grow on the durio tree in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand it's about the size of a football and covered in spikes. The fruit inside is slippery. Can smell like rotten eggs, sweaty socks, or even garbage. How wild is that?

[Trusty Narrator]

Uh, yeah, that doesn't sound particularly appealing. I think I'll stick to my apples, carrots, broccoli and berries. Ooh, and kiwis. I think I see them over there.

[Smarty Pants]

Oh, hey, trusty. There you are. I'm thinking of making a Pan Asian dessert meat cake. Have you seen where they keep the durian?

[Trusty Narrator]

Oh, boy. I'm gonna finish my food shopping later. Gotta go. A super shout out to Andre in Albany, New York, who loves smarting, to who smarted and even plays each episode multiple times a day in the playroom, during dinner and on car trips. Wow. Now that is what we call a super smarty fan. Thanks, Andre. This episode, Fruits and Veggies, was written by Melissa Del Toro Schaffner and voiced by Melissa Del Toro Schaffner, Adam Dragonfruit Davis and Jerry Colbert. Technical direction and sound design by Josh Honeydew Hahn. Our associate producer is Max Licci Kamaski. The theme song is by Brian Sweet Potato Suarez with lyrics written and performed by Adam Tex Davis. Who Smarted was created and produced by Adam Tex Davis and Jerry Colber. This has been an Atomic Audio production. Hey, smarty pants. Trusty narrator here. Spring is here, and you know what that means on the farm. Baby chicks hatching inside their eggs. Calves moving into their tiny little houses. Flowers figuring out when it's time to wake up. And yes, that smell. You know the one. If you've ever wondered why any of that happens, I have got the show for you. The Super Smart Farm Show Podcast. But don't take it from me. Take it from my friend Elmer, who actually lives this stuff and hosts the show. This spring on the Super Smart Farm show, we're hatching chicks, visiting baby calves. And yes, we are going to talk about why farms smell funny in the spring. And trust me, once you know the reason, you'll never look at your garden the same way again. See what I mean? That's Super Smart Farm Show, a family podcast that answers every question and you never knew you had about farms, animals and food. Playful, curious, and genuinely smart. From the Lancaster farming team, who've been covering agriculture since 1955. Find Super Smart Farm show wherever you get your podcasts or at lancasterfarming. Com.