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loveflower 2007-3-10 10:23

Tomato

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, formerly Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a <a title="Plant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant">plant</a> in the <a title="Solanaceae" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanaceae">Solanaceae</a> or <a title="Nightshade" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightshade">nightshade</a> family, native to <a title="Central America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America">Central</a>, <a title="South America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America">South</a>, and southern <a title="North America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America">North America</a> from <a title="Mexico" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico">Mexico</a> to <a title="Peru" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru">Peru</a>. It is a short-lived <a title="Perennial plant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_plant">perennial plant</a>, grown as an <a title="Annual plant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_plant">annual plant</a>, typically growing to 1–3 m in height, with a weak, woody stem that usually scrambles over other plants. The genus <a title="Solanum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum">Solanum</a> also contains the <a title="Eggplant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant">eggplant</a> and the <a title="Potato" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato">potato</a>, as well as many poisonous species. The <a title="Leaf" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf">leaves</a> are 10–25 cm long, pinnate, with 5–9 leaflets, each leaflet up to 8 cm long, with a serrated margin; both the stem and leaves are densely glandular-hairy. The <a title="Flower" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower">flowers</a> are 1–2 cm across, yellow, with five pointed lobes on the <a title="Corolla" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corolla">corolla</a>; they are borne in a <a title="Cyme" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyme">cyme</a> of 3–12 together. The word tomato derives from a word in the <a title="Nahuatl language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl_language">Nahuatl</a> language, tomatl. The specific name, lycopersicum, means "wolf-peach" (compare the related species S. lycocarpum, whose scientific name means "wolf-fruit", common name "wolf-apple").[attach]6559[/attach]

loveflower 2007-3-10 10:24

Early history<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="WIDTH: 152px;"><a class="internal" title="A variety of heirloom tomatoes." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heirloom_tomatoes.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="226" alt="A variety of heirloom tomatoes." src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Heirloom_tomatoes.jpg/150px-Heirloom_tomatoes.jpg" width="150" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Heirloom_tomatoes.jpg"/></a>
<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="FLOAT: right;"><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heirloom_tomatoes.jpg"><img height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>A variety of heirloom tomatoes.</div></div></div>According to Andrew F Smith's The Tomato in America, the tomato probably originated in the highlands of the west coast of South America. Smith notes there is no evidence the tomato was cultivated or even eaten before the Spanish arrived. Other researchers, however, have pointed out that this is not conclusive, as many other fruits in continuous cultivation in Peru are not present in the very limited historical record. Much horticultural knowledge was lost after the arrival of Europeans.In any case, by some means the tomato migrated to <a title="Central America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America">Central America</a>. <a title="Maya peoples" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_peoples">Maya</a> and other peoples in the region used the fruit in their cooking, and it was being cultivated in southern <a title="Mexico" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico">Mexico</a> and probably other areas, by the 16th century. It is thought that the <a title="Pueblo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo">Pueblo</a> people believed those who witnessed the ingestion of tomato seeds were blessed with powers of divination. The large, lumpy tomato, a mutation from a smoother, smaller fruit, originated and was encouraged in Central America. Smith states this variant is the direct ancestor of some modern cultivated tomatoes.<a id="Spanish_distribution" name="Spanish_distribution"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: Spanish distribution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=3">edit</a>]
Spanish distribution</h3>After the Spanish conquest of America, the Spanish distributed the tomato throughout their colonies in the <a title="Caribbean" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean">Caribbean</a>. They also brought it to the <a title="Philippines" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines">Philippines</a>, from which point it moved to southeast <a title="Asia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia">Asia</a> and then the entire Asian continent. The Spanish also brought the tomato to Europe. It grew easily in Mediterranean climates, and cultivation began in the <a title="1540" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540">1540s</a>. It was probably eaten shortly after it was introduced, though it was certainly being used as food by the early <a title="1600" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1600">1600s</a> in Spain. The earliest discovered cookbook with tomato recipes was published in Naples in <a title="1692" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692">1692</a>, though the author had apparently obtained these recipes from Spanish sources.<a id="Tomatoes_in_Britain" name="Tomatoes_in_Britain"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: Tomatoes in Britain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=4">edit</a>]
Tomatoes in Britain</h3><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="WIDTH: 202px;"><a class="internal" title="Tomato plants in the garden" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tomatos_in_vegie_garden.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="133" alt="Tomato plants in the garden" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Tomatos_in_vegie_garden.jpg/200px-Tomatos_in_vegie_garden.jpg" width="200" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Tomatos_in_vegie_garden.jpg"/></a>
<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="FLOAT: right;"><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tomatos_in_vegie_garden.jpg"><img height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Tomato plants in the garden</div></div></div><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="WIDTH: 202px;"><a class="internal" title="Tomato seedling" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tomato_seedling.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="133" alt="Tomato seedling" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Tomato_seedling.jpg/200px-Tomato_seedling.jpg" width="200" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Tomato_seedling.jpg"/></a>
<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="FLOAT: right;"><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tomato_seedling.jpg"><img height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Tomato seedling</div></div></div>The tomato plant was not grown in <a title="England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England">England</a> until the <a title="1590" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1590">1590s</a>, according to Smith. One of the earliest cultivators was John Gerard, a barber-surgeon. Gerard's Herbal, published in 1597 and largely plagiarized from continental sources, is also one of the earliest discussions of the tomato in England. Gerard knew that the tomato was eaten in both Spain and Italy. Nonetheless, he believed that it was poisonous (tomato leaves and stems contain poisonous <a title="Glycoalkaloid" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoalkaloid">glycoalkaloids</a>, but the fruit is safe). Gerard's views were influential, and the tomato was considered unfit for eating (though not necessarily poisonous) for many years in Britain and its North American colonies. By the mid-1700s, however, tomatoes were widely eaten in Britain; and before the end of that century, the <a title="Encyclopædia Britannica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncyclopÃ¦dia_Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a> stated that the tomato was "in daily use" in soups, broths, and as a garnish. Tomatoes were originally known as "Love Apples", possibly based on a mistranslation of the Italian name pomo d'oro (golden apple) as pomo d'amore. <a id="North_America" name="North_America"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: North America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=5">edit</a>]
North America</h3>The earliest reference to tomatoes in British North America is from 1710, when herbalist William Salmon reported seeing them in what is today <a title="South Carolina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina">South Carolina</a>. They may have been introduced from the Caribbean. By the mid-18th century, they were cultivated on some Carolina plantations, and probably in other parts of the South as well. It is possible that some people continued to think tomatoes were poisonous at this time; and in general, they were grown more as ornamental plants than as food. Cultured people like <a title="Thomas Jefferson" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, who ate tomatoes in Paris and sent some seeds home, knew the tomato was edible, but many of the less well-educated did not. <a id="Tomatoes_in_France" name="Tomatoes_in_France"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: Tomatoes in France" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=6">edit</a>]
Tomatoes in France</h3>The tomato was introduced to France through <a title="Provence" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provence">Provence</a> from Italy during the late 18th century and became a culinary symbol of the <a title="French Revolution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution">French Revolution</a> due to its red color. They are widely eaten in French cuisine.France is home to the 'Carolina', a rare, indeterminate, open-pollinated cultivar of tomato which possesses the tanginess of 'Brandywine' and the stature and externalities of the Early Swedish, that is, IPB. First noted by Italian monk Giacomo Tiramisunelli and his companion Andrea di Milininese somewhere near Bordeaux, more modern researches such as Dragos Niculae et al. and Nicolas Dela Nisan claim Belgium as the birthplace of the cultivar. Either way, the 'Carolina' is considered a rare delicacy amongst tomato-connoisseurs throughout France and beyond; it is the only cultivar of tomato traditionally served with <a title="Ortolan Bunting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_Bunting">Ortolan</a> (fig-fed songbird). Claims that a San Diego-based U.S. biotech company is trying to genetically modify 'Carolina' to extend its potential geographic growth range has set off a minor furor in Bordeaux, with the president of a Belgian agro-commune, Victor DePlata, threatening extreme action [<a title="Wikipedia:Citing sources" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources">citation needed</a>].

loveflower 2007-3-10 10:26

oversies<a id="Botanical_classification" name="Botanical_classification"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: Botanical classification" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=18">edit</a>]
Botanical classification</h3>In <a title="1753" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1753">1753</a> the tomato was placed in the genus <a title="Solanum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum">Solanum</a> by <a title="Carolus Linnaeus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a> as Solanum lycopersicum L. (derivation, 'lyco', <a title="Wolf" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf">wolf</a>, plus 'persicum', <a title="Peach" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach">peach</a>, i.e., "wolf-peach"). However, in <a title="1768" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1768">1768</a>
<a title="Philip Miller" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Miller">Philip Miller</a> placed it in its own genus, and he named it Lycopersicon esculentum. This name came into wide use but was in breach of the <a title="International Code of Botanical Nomenclature" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Code_of_Botanical_Nomenclature">plant naming rules</a>. Technically, the combination Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) <a title="Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Karl_Wilhelm_Hermann_Karsten">H.Karst.</a> would be more correct, but this name (published in <a title="1881" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1881">1881</a>) has hardly ever been used. Therefore, it was decided to <a title="Conservation (botany)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_(botany)">conserve</a> the well-known Lycopersicon esculentum, making this the <a title="Correct name" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_name">correct name</a> for the tomato when it is placed in the genus Lycopersicon.However, <a title="Genetics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics">genetic</a> evidence (e.g., Peralta & Spooner 2001) has now shown that Linnaeus was correct in the placement of the tomato in the genus Solanum, making the Linnaean name correct; if Lycopersicon is excluded from Solanum, Solanum is left as a <a title="Paraphyly" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphyly">paraphyletic</a> taxon. Despite this, it is likely that the exact taxonomic placement of the tomato will be controversial for some time to come, with both names found in the literature.A <a title="Genome project" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome_project">genome project</a> for the tomato was begun in 2004, with a draft version of the full <a title="Genome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome">genome</a> expected to be published by 2008. The genomes of its <a title="Organelles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organelles">organelles</a> (<a title="Mitochondria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondria">mitochondria</a> and <a title="Chloroplast" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast">chloroplast</a>) are also expected to be published as part of the project.<a id="Fruit_or_vegetable.3F" name="Fruit_or_vegetable.3F"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: Fruit or vegetable?" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=19">edit</a>]
Fruit or vegetable?</h3><div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="WIDTH: 182px;"><a class="internal" title="Tomato vegetable" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tomato_grass_backdrop.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="120" alt="Tomato vegetable" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Tomato_grass_backdrop.jpg/180px-Tomato_grass_backdrop.jpg" width="180" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Tomato_grass_backdrop.jpg"/></a>
<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="FLOAT: right;"><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tomato_grass_backdrop.jpg"><img height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Tomato vegetable</div></div></div>Botanically speaking, a tomato is the <a title="Ovary (plants)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovary_(plants)">ovary</a>, together with its seeds, of a <a title="Flowering plant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant">flowering plant</a>, that is a <a title="Fruit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit">fruit</a> or, more precisely, a <a title="Berry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry">berry</a>. However, from a culinary perspective, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and it is typically served as part of a main course of a meal, as are other <a title="Vegetable" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable">vegetables</a>, rather than at <a title="Dessert" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert">dessert</a>. As noted above, the term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term.This argument has led to actual legal implications in the United States, Australia and China. In <a title="1887" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887">1887</a>, U.S. <a title="Tariff" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff">tariff</a> laws that imposed a <a title="Duty (economics)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_(economics)">duty</a> on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The <a title="Supreme Court of the United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> settled this controversy in <a title="1893" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893">1893</a>, declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, using the popular definition which classifies vegetable by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert. The case is known as <a title="Nix v. Hedden" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden">Nix v. Hedden</a> (149 U.S. 304). Strictly speaking, the holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, and not much else. The court does not purport to reclassify tomato for botanical or for any other purpose other than paying a tax under a tariff act. However, the <a title="United States Department of Agriculture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture">USDA</a> also considers the tomato a vegetable.The tomato has been designated the state vegetable of <a title="New Jersey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey">New Jersey</a>. <a title="Arkansas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas">Arkansas</a> takes both sides by declaring the "South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato" to be both the state fruit and the state vegetable in the same law, citing both its botanical and culinary classifications. In 2006, the <a title="Ohio House of Representatives" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives">Ohio House of Representatives</a> passed a law that would have declared the tomato to be the official state fruit, but the bill died when the <a title="Ohio Senate" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate">Ohio Senate</a> failed to act on it.But due to the scientific definition of a fruit and a vegetable, the tomato still remains a fruit when not dealing with tariffs. Nor is it the only culinary vegetable that is a botanical fruit: <a title="Eggplant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant">eggplants</a>, <a title="Cucumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumber">cucumbers</a>, and <a title="Squash (fruit)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_(fruit)">squashes</a> of all kinds (including <a title="Zucchini" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchini">zucchini</a> and <a title="Pumpkin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin">pumpkins</a>) share the same ambiguity.<a id="Pronunciation" name="Pronunciation"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: Pronunciation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=20">edit</a>]
Pronunciation</h3>The pronunciation of tomato
<a title="American and British English pronunciation differences" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_pronunciation_differences">differs</a> in different English-speaking countries; the two most common variants are /təˈmɑːtəʊ/ and /təˈmeɪtoʊ/. Speakers from the <a title="British Isles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles">British Isles</a>, most of the <a title="Commonwealth of Nations" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations">Commonwealth</a>, and older generations among speakers of <a title="Southern American English" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English">Southern American English</a> typically say /təˈmɑːtəʊ/, while most American and Canadian speakers usually say /təˈmeɪtoʊ/. Most or all languages, apart from American English, have a word that corresponds more to the former pronunciation, including the original Nahuatl word whence they are all taken.The word's <a title="Free variation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_variation">dual pronunciations</a> were immortalized in <a title="Ira Gershwin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gershwin">Ira</a> and <a title="George Gershwin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin">George Gershwin</a>'s <a title="1937" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937">1937</a> song "<a title="Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off">Let's Call the Whole Thing Off</a>" (You like /pəˈteɪtoʊ/ and I like /pəˈtɑːtəʊ/ / You like /təˈmeɪtoʊ/ and I like /təˈmɑːtəʊ/) and have become a symbol for <a title="Nitpicking (sport)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitpicking_(sport)">nitpicking</a> pronunciation disputes. In this capacity it has even become an American slang term: saying /təˈmeɪtoʊ, təˈmɑːtəʊ/ when presented with two choices can mean "Why should I care? There's no real difference."<a id="Safety" name="Safety"></a><h3>[<a title="Edit section: Safety" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomato&action=edit&section=21">edit</a>]
Safety</h3>On October 30, 2006 the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (<a title="CDC" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC">CDC</a>) announced that tomatoes might be the source of a <a title="Salmonella" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella">salmonella</a> outbreak causing 172 illnesses in 18 states.<a class="external autonumber" title="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/30/national/main2138331.shtml" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/30/national/main2138331.shtml" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> The affected states include: <a title="Arkansas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas">Arkansas</a>, <a title="Connecticut" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a title="Georgia (U.S. state)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)">Georgia</a>, <a title="Indiana" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana">Indiana</a>, <a title="Kentucky" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, <a title="Maine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine">Maine</a>, <a title="Massachusetts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a title="Michigan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan">Michigan</a>, <a title="Minnesota" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, <a title="North Carolina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a title="New Hampshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, <a title="Ohio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a title="Pennsylvania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a title="Rhode Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island">Rhode Island</a>, <a title="Tennessee" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, <a title="Virginia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a title="Vermont" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont">Vermont</a> and <a title="Wisconsin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>. Tomatoes have been linked to 7 <a title="Salmonella" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella">salmonella</a> outbreaks since 1990 (from the <a title="Food Safety Network" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Safety_Network">Food Safety Network</a>).<a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#_note-4">[5]</a>

鱼儿 2007-3-10 22:31

Wow, the tomato looks really shinny!!! I like it!

啊利 2007-3-12 13:20

One of my housemate likes tomato a lot. She is thinking to work in tomato farm during holiday.

丘灵 2007-3-12 15:18

Arghhhhhhhhhh....... I DISLIKE tomatoes!!!!! (Actually, I'll want to puke if I eat a tomato)

loveflower 2007-3-13 11:27

oh, you missed something delicious,hehe.it is that because some bad experience in your childhood, or you are not able to take it from the fisrt bite?

丘灵 2007-3-14 02:20

Tomatoes used to be thought as "forbidden food" because people believed that it was poisonous... BUT of course now nobody believes so anymore... [em01][em01] Re: loveflower's question, the latter is my case: can't take it from the first bite By the way, it's better to miss something delicious than to make myself sick... haha

loveflower 2007-3-15 04:35

fortunately, you are not the first one to try tomato, hehe

丘灵 2007-3-16 08:56

Keekee, if I were the first one to try tomato, probably it would be "forbidden food" forever... [em01][em01]

鱼儿 2007-3-16 21:14

Have a wax tomato then, at least it LOOKS so nice~~~

丘灵 2007-3-17 09:26

A wax tomato?? What for my dear?

鱼儿 2007-3-17 09:26

Decoration decoration...

丘灵 2007-3-17 10:13

... okay, dear... [em110] but can I have fresh roses as decoration instead? :D

鱼儿 2007-3-17 11:05

Advantage of wax tomato: you dun have 2 change it cos its preservative, unlike flowers[em01]

丘灵 2007-3-17 13:14

Well, yea, that's true. But the disadvantage of wax tomato: it looks just so fake. [em01][em01]

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