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rachael simpson wrote:

Steve Newport wrote:
Hello,

Is it safe to eat green tomatoes?

I know there are lots of recipes for frying them but don't they
contain a poison?

I ain't died from it yet! unfortunately for some...
I'm sure someone out there would like to see me gone!
lol

seriously though, I don't know about any poison, and like I first said,
I'm still here...

The tomato plant was not grown in England until the 1590s, according to
Smith. One of the earliest cultivators was John Gerard, a
barber-surgeon. Gerard's Herbal, published in 1597 and largely
plagiarized from continental sources, is also one of the earliest
discussions of the tomato in England. Gerard knew that the tomato was
eaten in both Spain and Italy. Nonetheless, he believed that it was
poisonous (tomato leaves and stems contain poisonous glycoalkaloids, but
the fruit is safe). Gerard's views were influential, and the tomato was
considered unfit for eating (though not necessarily poisonous) for many
years in Britain and its North American colonies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato
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