On 2/8/2011 4:34 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> I once was told by a historical re-enactor at The Cowpens National
> Battlefield in South Carolina that English colonists eschewed the tomato,
> calling it a "love apple."
>
> -
The reluctance to eat the tomato could also have been due to the fact
that it is of the same family as the deadly nightshade. And it has a
resemblance to it, though that is a bit on the slight side.
Paul in Portland OR
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