Good morning, friends. The origin of tomatos. / myLot

Chile

May 8, 2023 8:52am CST

I was just reading some of your posts and came across a post about lasagna ( @m_audrey6788 ) and an answer by Anna about how lasagna had originated in the city where her grandma was born. And I got curious. Did you know that tomatos, eggplants, potatos and so many other veggies like zuchinni too, came from the Americas and weren´t known in Europe until the Spaniards came? In fact, the word tomato comes from the Mayan word tomatl just like the word avocado comes from the Mayan word ahuacatl and chocolate comes from chocolatl. The whole cuisine in the old world changed after the discovery of America. So, after all, most of the cuisines we now think originated in Europe are really fusion cuisines. Take the tomatos out of all European dishes.

The good thing was to mix what they had with what was brought to them. And start planting. Do you ever think where your food comes from? I´m off for my cup of coffee now (I just read too that coffee was originated in Ethiopia by the way). Fun trivia for me.

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@DaddyEvil (137636)

• United States

8 May 23

Good morning.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

Good morning. Sunny and chilly here.

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@DaddyEvil (137636)

• United States

8 May 23

@marguicha At the moment, it's mostly cloudy and warm. We have rain in the forecast all week.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

@DaddyEvil Drought continues here.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

8 May 23

Very interesting food facts!! These are my favorite vegetables. So many other fruits and vegetables I haven't even heard of yet.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

My favorite veggies are eggplants and I ate them first when I was an adult. I guess someone in my family did not like them.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (14694)

• Hong Kong

8 May 23

@marguicha I also love eggplants.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

@Beestring I make with them a Greek dish similar to lasagna. It is called moussaka and has eggplant slices instead of pasta.

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58472)

• Germany

8 May 23

Good Morning

I really don`t know from where those food came from. What I really know is that how they thought of making use of those veggies and let people enjoy having it

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58472)

• Germany

8 May 23

@marguicha

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@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

The Spaniards brought to Europe what the American natives were planting to eat. That´s how Europe learnt about corn too.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472114)

• Switzerland

8 May 23

Yes I knew, all the vegetables of the nightshade come from America and were unknown in Europe before Columbus visited South America. We have many pasta recipes in Italy that do not require tomatoes, as tomatoes were not available in the past. Even pizza was "white" in the past.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

Like a fugazza? Maybe onions were brought from Asia by Marco Polo

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472114)

• Switzerland

9 May 23

@marguicha Yes, a lot more similar to a focaccia.

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@wolfgirl569 (108144)

• Marion, Ohio

8 May 23

I don't usually think about it.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

Usually I only eat what I have around. But a sentence in a post made me wonder. And the Wikipedia is a wonderful and easy helper.

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Virtually Tee

@Virtually2021 (828)

• Southend-On-Sea, England

8 May 23

Good morning.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

good morning to you.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (93898)

• United States

8 May 23

I don’t often consider where my food originated from because I so often assume it’s not originally from here (America) anyway.

Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

8 May 23

Nice to know

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

I am curious about food. Many times we eat food that wasn´t even around when we were kids.

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80748)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

8 May 23

At one time that was my biggest interest and I wrote a few articles about food histories,

Fleur

@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

8 May 23

I know, I often wonder what Italian cuisine was like before they had tomatoes! And British food without potatoes... I do know some of the answers, but I'm glad I live in an age when I can enjoy tomatoes, chillies, coffee, chocolate and all those other good things : )

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marguicha

@marguicha (223777)

• Chile

8 May 23

Me too. And we now eat better. That´s in part the reason why we are taller.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342077)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 May 23

I would have had to make a wild guess if asked where coffee came from.

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (181642)

• United States

9 May 23

I do a lot of research on various subjects when I post one of my series. So yes, I do think where food comes from. Have a great day. Thanks for the info!