The Reluctant Historian

The Tomato Trial: What a Man Does With His Tomatoes is None of Our Business


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This week Liz and Dakota get silly looking at the history of the Tomato in Europe and America, and at the story of that time a town put a bushel of tomatoes on trial for being evil.


Episode Notes


https://www.britannica.com/story/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nightshade-vegetables#what-are-nightshades

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/americas-alleged-trial-against-tomatoes-not-witches-in-salem/#:~:text=The%20Salem%20Tomato%20Trial%20of%201820&text=Disgusted%20by%20the%20unfounded%20information,with%20a%20basket%20of%20tomatoes.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/23/tomato/?chrome=1

https://www.thefactsite.com/salem-tomato-trials/


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The Reluctant HistorianBy Liz and Dakota Lawson