Food: When the tomato came from the Americas to Europe in the…

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Did you know? When the tomato came from the Americas to Europe in the 16th century, it was seen as dangerous for centuries — Italians did not eat them, the English thought they were poisonous. Rich people who ate them from pewter plates sometimes got lead poisoning — not from the tomato, but from the plate.

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When the tomato came from the Americas to Europe in the 16th century, it was seen as dangerous for centuries — Italians did not eat them, the English thought they were poisonous. Rich people who ate them from pewter plates sometimes got lead poisoning — not from the tomato, but from the plate.

Toen de tomaat in de 16e eeuw vanuit Amerika naar Europa kwam, werd hij eeuwenlang als gevaarlijk gezien — Italianen aten hem niet, Engelsen dachten dat hij giftig was. De rijken die ze aten van tinnen borden kregen er soms loodvergiftiging van — niet door de tomaat, maar door het bord.

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