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What familiar staple was once thought poisonous lettuce tomatoes or pumpkin's?
Tomatoes.
What familiar staple was once thought to be poisonous lettuce tomatoes pumpkin?
The tomato. It wasn't until the mid1800's when it was shown it wasn't poison. They had the name of " poisoned apples."
What familiar staple was on ce thought to be poisonous?
lettuce
Was lettuce thought to be poisonous?
Yes, lettuce once was thought to be poisonous.
What familiar staple was thought to be poisons?
The tomato. It wasn't a "staple" food in the colonies nor Europe until the late 1800's. Even as late as 1860 it was still thought to be poisonous.
Were pumpkins thought to once be poisonous by pilgrims?
Yes, pilgrims thought that pumpkins were poisonous.
What familiar staple was once thought to be poisonous?
Tomatoes are one of the foods once thought to be poisonous. The relatively high acidity of tomatoes could cause lead to leach out of pewter plates. This may have resulted in some people becoming ill from lead poisoning. Several myths about the supposed toxicity of tomatoes became widely spread in Europe and in some parts of the Americas, even though tomatoes had been cultivated by Aztecs and other American native peoples for hundreds of years with no known ill effects.
What vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
POTATOES. They wouldn't eat them because they thought they were poisonous.
What fruit for the new world did Europeans first think was poisonous?
They thought that apples were extremely poisonous.
What food reacts to pewter that is thought to be poisonous?
tomatoes
What common food was thought to be poisonous by the pilgrims?
Potatoes
What vegetables did the Indians teach the pilgrims to grow?
Tomatoes were considered poisonous.
