What are Tomatoes?
Tomatoes are fruit but are often referred to as vegetables such as when used in salads.
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 in Peru before the Spanish arrived, while other researchers have pointed out that many other fruits in continuous cultivation in Peru are not present in the very limited historical record. [1]
The word tomato derives from a word in the Nahuatl language, tomatl. [1]
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| Ingredient added | UPC Food Search | January 1, 2009 @ 2:14 AM |
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