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Subject: Re: [OM] pizza, was Re: Oh gawd...
From: Paul Laughlin <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:08:20 -0800
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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