Quilotoa5d ago

TIL at one time, people thought that tomatoes were poisonous.

https://lemmy.ca/post/62828778

TIL at one time, people thought that tomatoes were poisonous. - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

Show threadYtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH5d ago

*europeans.

People in the americas had been eating them for a long ass time by the time the Columbian exchange happened

Show threadBeN9o5d ago
Not just Europeans, from the article: “As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made its way to the table in North America, it was classified as a deadly nightshade”
Show threadlath
Still is, so are tators.
Apr 4 at 12:44pmWeb
Show threadPeppycito5d ago
And peppers and eggplant and tobacco and datura.
Show threadfinallymadeanaccount4d ago
“God damn, this eggplant tastes horrible. Maybe if I add more salt … !”