It's a legume. Which is a type of vegetable biologically, since it's a part of a plant. But usually not considered a vegetable culinarily, since legumes are really a whole separate category in terms of how you cook them. It contains a lot of protein. It also contains carbs. And a little bit of fat.

What is edamame? Is it considered a vegetable? If not, what is it considered?

Yummy? Okay, maybe not helpful. But it is!

It's a legume.

So not a vegetable. I'm assuming, since you didn't say yes, it is a vegetable.

I'm frustrated, because I literally cannot think of another way to phrase what seemed to me like a yes-or-no question.

See edit. "Vegetable" is used a lot of different ways, most of them contradicting each other. It's a vegetable, or part of a vegetable, by some of those definitions.

I consider it a vegetable. But if I needed some protein and I had edamame, that would do. They are a wonder food that can fit multiple niches.

I would not consider peanuts a vegetable, even though they are also legumes. I'm pretty sure that's wrong-headed of me, but there it is.

There's probably a tariff ruling that could clear this up.

Fair enough. I'll just eat it and consider it not a Twinkie and therefore a win.

(Honestly, in my quest to eat more vegetables, when I can't figure out is something even qualifies as a vegetable, it makes me want to give up.)

(I learned long ago that the corn-and-potatoes-aren't-REALLY-vegetables-and-carrots-barely-count ship has sailed. I was hoping other things that grow in the ground would be more clear cut.)

You can make a quest to eat more plants?

Well, Teppy, do you consider other beans veggies? I would say I'm more likely to consider edamame a veggie because (a) it's green and (b) sometimes it's in veggie mixes, but generally I'd think it is in the "legumes" category, more?

You can make a quest to eat more plants?

I know, but things that grow in the ground don't get counted as vegetables, like corn! I have one sanctimonious friend on FB who never EVER missed the opportunity to tell me I'm not eating vegetables if I think corn and carrots are vegetables. (They're "really sugar", according to her.)

Pfft. Next thing she'll tell me Corn Nuts aren't nutritious! Especially the BBQ flavor!

I don't think I understand what would make something that is a plant or part of a plant not qualify as a vegetable.