SC - Tomatoes

[Philip & Susan Troy]

snowfire at mail.snet.net wrote:
> 
> 
> >"Poma Amoris. Apples of Loue.
> 
> This is interesting.
> The old Welsh word for tomato also is Love Apple (Afal Cariad).
> 
> >Mala AEthiopia. Apples of AEthiopia.
> 
> I wonder why they were being called apples?  It's as if people were initially
> totally confused as to what tomatoes were and (in some countries) if they were
> edible or not.
> 
> hmmmmm....
> 
> Elysant

There seems to have been a widespread habit of referring to any roundish
fruit/veg produce as apples, generally with some qualifying adjective.
White potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, and some other fruits and what we
would call vegetables fall into this category.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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