fossilesqueThe Nightshade Family
VathsadeI can see a deadly link for nightshade for a few of them (like when potatoes turn green) but I’ve never heard of poisonous tomato facts… Are there any?
Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous. They referred to them as poison apples.
That’s because they used pewter containers which were pretty common back in the day. The acidity from tomatoes would leech the lead out of the pewter and into the tomato so anyone eating this lead infused tomato product was gonna be in for a bad time.
I remember hearing that but I’d forgotten the specifics! Thanks!