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[โ€“] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

it is not like tomatoes are native italy

[โ€“] megopie@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

The Italians embraced them much sooner and did a lot more with them. The French were too worried they were poisonous because they were nightshades and only slowly adopted them with the advent of tomato exports from Italy and Spain.