The tomato was called “poison apple”. In the 1700’s, some aristocrats died after eating it, but it was the acidity in the tomato which removed the lead in pewter plates that caused people to die from lead poisoning.
The tomato was called “poison apple”. In the 1700’s, some aristocrats died after eating it, but it was the acidity in the tomato which removed the lead in pewter plates that caused people to die from lead poisoning.
