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Default A brief history of the tomato in Europe

On 6/22/2019 9:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
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> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-...-years-863735/
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> In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato.
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> Thanks! Very interesting!


Basic food history. In the late 1700's there were a lot of idiots
running around wearing powdered wigs.

Jill