How the Misrepresentation of Tomatoes as Stinking ‘Poison Apples’ That Provoked Vomiting Made People Afraid of Them for More Than 200 Years
www.smithsonianmag.com
The long and fraught history of the plant shows that it got an unfair reputation from the beginning
  • Slayan@lemmy.caEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The tomato weren’t poisinous, but the lead plate they used to serve them were. This is also the reason for the tomato scene in lotr. They are implying denethor is crazy.