How come christopher Columbus never ate tomato sauce when he was a boy?

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus never ate tomato sauce as a boy because tomatoes were not introduced to Europe until after his voyages to the Americas in the late 15th century. Tomatoes are native to the Americas and were unknown in Europe before Columbus's expeditions. Additionally, tomato sauce as we know it today was developed much later, particularly in Italian cuisine. Thus, during Columbus's childhood, tomatoes and tomato-based dishes simply did not exist in European cooking.