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minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]hexbear13·2 years agoWhile it wasn't universal, tomatoes were originally grown as ornamentals in Italy and the Brits initially thought they were toxic despite the fact that the Spaniards were eating them. link
minus-squareshath [comrade/them]hexbear12·2 years agobr*ts when something has flavour "it's toxic" link
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]hexbear2·edit-22 years agoI was gonna say, I wonder if it had anything to do with general xenophobia/classism. link
minus-squareshath [comrade/them]hexbear1·2 years agodo you really have to wonder, it's the br*tish link
While it wasn't universal, tomatoes were originally grown as ornamentals in Italy and the Brits initially thought they were toxic despite the fact that the Spaniards were eating them.
br*ts when something has flavour "it's toxic"
I was gonna say, I wonder if it had anything to do with general xenophobia/classism.
do you really have to wonder, it's the br*tish