On Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 6:59:26 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/22/2019 9:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > "A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-...-years-863735/
> >
> >
> > In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato.
> >
> > <read and snipped>
> >
> > Thanks! Very interesting!
>
> Basic food history. In the late 1700's there were a lot of idiots
> running around wearing powdered wigs.
>
> Jill

Yeah, I'm surprised every doesn't know these things about tomatoes.

OTOH, in the early 2100s, there are a lot of idiots running around, too.
Our 18th Century forebears were as smart as us and did some amazing
stuff.

Cindy Hamilton