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They were, because small tomatoes resembled the deadly nightshade family. Europeans were suspicious
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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 once thought poisonous lettuce tomatoes or pumpkin's?
Tomatoes.
Why did people believe tomatoes were poisonous?
Because, the yellow seed had a substance that was unknown
What vegetables did the Indians teach the pilgrims to grow?
Tomatoes were considered poisonous.
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.
Who discovered the pomegranate?
Alfred Cobblestone discovered the pomegranate. He thought it was a tomato, when the people thought they were poisonous, but he ate them and then he realized they weren't tomatoes. So he named them pomegranates.
Who discovered pomegranates?
Alfred Cobblestone discovered the pomegranate. He thought it was a tomato, when the people thought they were poisonous, but he ate them and then he realized they weren't tomatoes. So he named them pomegranates.
Why are the tomato's thought to be poisonis?
Tomatoes are from the same plant family as potatoes and deadly nightshade (hence why they were considered poisonous). Also, the leaves of the tomato plant are poisonous and a skin irritant.
What was left out of the oldest European cookbook?
Here's a guess: tomatoes. They were thought to be poisonous. They are in fact a member of the nightshade family of plants.
How did Jefferson prove tomatoes weren't poisonous?
Thomas Jefferson ate a tomato at a public show to demonstrate that tomatoes were not, in fact, 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 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.
