SC - Tomatos as potherbs

[Margo Hablutzel]

	In a message dated 1/19/99 7:51:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
	KatarinSCA at aol.com writes:

	<<  Before the concept of Vitamin C I presume?
	 
	 Katarin >>

And Ras responded:

	Actually, the probable cause of the bad rep that tomatos carried up
until the
	beginning of this century when they were still viewed as a major
cause of
	cancer, is the fact that all parts of the plant except the fruit are
	poisonous. 

IIRC, the tomato is related botanically to the deadly nightshade, which may
have something to do with this as well as its reputation.

						---= Morgan


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