The History of Tomatoes

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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One of the most popular foods in the world is tomatoes. Tomatoes are grown almost everywhere in the world today, and they have become the basis of several international cuisines. However, just a few hundred years ago, no one was eating tomatoes as we know them today. In fact, even after they were cultivated, there were people terrified to actually to eat them. Learn more about tomatoes and tomatoes and their history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Travel By Design Podcast Enjoy first hand stories from the creative minds behind some world’s most extraordinary hotels on the Travel by Design podcast. Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of the most popular foods in the world are tomatoes.
0:03.0	Tomatoes are grown almost everywhere in the world today,
0:05.0	and they've become the basis of several international cuisines.
0:08.0	However, just a few hundred years ago, very few people were eating tomatoes
0:12.0	as we know them today.
0:13.2	In fact, even after they were cultivated,
0:16.2	there were people that were terrified to actually eat them.
0:18.8	Learn more about tomatoes, tomatoes, and their history
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1:05.0	Let me start this episode by noting a few things. I'm going to use the American
1:14.7	pronunciation of tomato, not the British pronunciation of tomato. That's because
1:20.1	I'm an American and this is my podcast. The other thing is that a tomato is indeed a fruit.
1:26.7	The distinction between a fruit and a vegetable is actually pretty clear and a tomato is indeed
1:31.2	a fruit as it is the seed-bearing part of a plant.
1:34.0	It isn't necessarily sweet like an apple or an orange, but it is a seed-bearing fruit.
1:39.0	However, from a culinary standpoint, it's often considered a a vegetable like other fruits such as cucumbers
1:45.1	peppers eggplants avocados pumpkin squash and zucchini so with that where do tomatoes come from
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