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Tomatoes

These days tomatoes are a large part of the cuisine of many cultures. This wasn't always the case. I bet you didn't know the tomato was a fruit that originated in South America and wasn't transported elsewhere until the Spanish discovered them in the 16th century? I bet there are a lot of things that you don't know about our friend the tomato! Fortunately, there are a lot of people on Instructables who do know a thing or two about tomatoes and they are here to share their knowledge with you. Below you can learn all about tomatoes. How to grow them, how to preserve them and most importantly, how to eat them! Yum.

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7 comments

Jul 29, 2009. 4:55 AM

fegundez1 says:

Tomatoes were originally outlawed in the northeast U.S. as wolf apples!! it was thought that witches would give them to you and you could then be controlled!!

Dec 29, 2009. 4:56 PMdrbill says:

Being from the northeastern USA I think I can say That Figures.

Sep 25, 2009. 3:55 PM

karossii says:

wolf apples are another plant entirely (Solanum Lycocarpum)... I can find nothing linking them and tomatoes in the way you're mentioning; where did you hear that?

Dec 29, 2009. 4:58 PMdrbill says:

Hello! Its a northeastern thing. Houoli's will come up with all kinds of things to be...............

Sep 1, 2009. 7:52 AM

d2j5 says:

what the heck? any way i can look this up i might get a kick out of it...

Dec 18, 2009. 3:26 PMschmoopie says:

This is the closest I could come:

The word tomato comes from a word in the Nahuatl language, tomatl. French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort provided the Latin botanical name, Lycopersicon esculentum, to the tomato. The Latin name translates to "wolfpeach" - peach because it was round and wolf because it was mistakenly considered to be toxic due to its botanical connection to the Solanaceae or nightshade family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

And this is a fun one: http://www.walkaboutmag.com/17unclepaul.html

Dec 21, 2009. 12:15 PM

d2j5 says:

thanks for the link a nice fav.