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The Nightshade Family (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous. They referred to them as poison apples.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I remember hearing that but I'd forgotten the specifics! Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

The poison apple thing is based on works of Galen, who, seeing how he lived in Europe in the 3rd century, has never seen a tomato, nor spoken to anyone who has. But he did describe a poisonous "wolf peach" that happened to match a tomato, so obviously that must be it.

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