SC - Gerard/Johnson on Tomatoes

[Gaylin]

His Grace, Good Master Cariadoc asked concerning tomotoes:

>  What, for example, does Gerard's Herbal say?

Nothing about them being poisonous.

Page 346, Book 2 is where it is mentioned in the 1633 edition
by Thomas Johnson. I haven't pieced the info on how to determine
which is Gerard's info and which is Johnson's, so (1) anyone who
can help, jump right in and (2) take it for what it's worth as
possibly OOP info from Johnson.

There's a lot of text on how the plant is cold in the coldest degree.
The entry mentions both red and yellow fruits at the very beginning.
In the virtues section, the very last part of the entry, it is mentioned
that they are eaten in Spain and "the hot regions" prepared boiled with
salt and pepper and oil or prepared with oil, vinegar, and pepper
mixed together as a sauce for meat in the same way as "these cold
Countries doe Mustard."

But nowhere does it say that the plant is poisonous in the entry,
only that it has little nourishment.

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