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Tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are native to the Americas. That means that before Transatlantic trade, there were no hot peppers in China, no potatoes in Ireland, and not tomatoes in Italy.
That’s why if you ask someone in Bologna how much tomato to add to your Bolognese they will chase you out of town with a kitchen knife.
What did they use instead?
Tomaytos.
Oh hey is that like the Irish stew with Potaytoes instead of Potahtoes?
Just gotta let the meats dissolve
Imagine many common Indian dishes without tomatoes or chilis. How about the popular trope of a Native American on horseback? Horses went extinct in the US many thousands of years before Europeans arrived with a different kind. It’s amazing how quickly the cultural exchange happened so long ago.
Tangential fact: syphillis originated in the Americas, likely from llamas. It’s the only instance of a transmittable disease to be imported to the old world.
This also makes me a bit annoyed at the show 'Apothecary Diaries" as it depicts syphillis existing in China in the 700AD
Alright, everyone, who banged tina‽
They also depict a mushroom that only grows in Japan growing in China but the show is pretty anachronistic overall.
I thought Romans had syphilis and that’s why they were bald
People always look at you weird when you call Salsa a “concoction of nightshade fruits”.
Don’t forget onion
This is a default family in the Sims.
Fun fact potato berries are poisonous . They look just like black nightshade weeds which grows everywhere
I 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?
any of the green parts of the tomato (even just the small bits inside the fruit) can kill small pets like hamsters or mice
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!
Many parts of the tomato plant are deadly to pets. Same goes for all nightshade members.
Relevant Simpsons episode: https://youtu.be/DX08tDXPnz0?feature=shared
And the devil’s trumpet?
True
