To: annie laurie
See - tomatoes are poisonous!
2 posted on
06/30/2006 10:52:53 AM PDT by
Hegemony Cricket
(Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
To: Hegemony Cricket
Actually...tomatos contain nicotine, so if you believe the CDC or the surgeon general...
6 posted on
06/30/2006 10:57:01 AM PDT by
patton
(...in spit of it all...)
To: Hegemony Cricket
"See - tomatoes are poisonous!"
Well, solanines [alkaloid glycosides found there] could do that to you. Do not overindulge.
7 posted on
06/30/2006 11:01:46 AM PDT by
GSlob
To: Hegemony Cricket
"See - tomatoes are poisonous!"
Actually, that urban legend was started in 1597 by a barber-surgeon named John Gerard. Not true then, not true now.
The question is: Is it a fruit or vegetable? It is commonly accepted by the scientific community to be a fruit. However in 1893 the US Supreme Court declared it to be a vegetable. So who should we believe?
24 posted on
06/30/2006 1:14:32 PM PDT by
FreeInWV
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