Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes
by yissp on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:50PM
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I remember reading that when they were first brought to Europe via the Columbian exchange people were reluctant to eat them fearing they were also poisonous. Now it's hard to imagine, e.g. Italian cuisine without tomatoes.
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Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes
by kyteland on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:36PM
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They feared that because people were being poisoned. Pewter plates were common at the time and the tomatoes acid leached the lead out causing acute lead poisoning!
Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes
by hinkley on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:04PM
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Even the “sweet” tomatoes have pretty close to the same pH, it’s just the sugars covering the tang, like soda or honey.
As a bitter taster it doesn’t matter how much sugar you put on the tomato it’s still too much. About the only thing IMO that you can put on a tomato to make it acceptable is a bacon cheeseburger.