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Default A brief history of the tomato in Europe

On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 06:59:19 -0400, jmcquown >
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>On 6/22/2019 9:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> 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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>> <read and snipped>
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>> Thanks! Very interesting!

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


Now they all live in gated communities.