Oh, I've been meaning to take a look at that when it's done. I have a policy of not reading gay fics set in the past until it's done (at which point I check if there is a happy ending), because there is usually so much persecution angst and suspense. I'm a bit of a history geek, I know the horrible stuff that happens then. So, if it's completely fictional, I can just discount unhappy as one of the AUs, but if it's historical, it stays unhappy because I knew something like that did actually happen.

Well, cucumber is actually a fruit, because it is the part of the vegetable that bears seeds. Ditto for tomato and squash. People tend to associate sweets with fruits though (or at least the use of), sometimes rhubarb sauce is lumped with fruit even though it's a stalk.