Gloria P wrote:
> Bob Muncie wrote:
>>
>> Well, I happen to have two large beautiful green tomatoes in the
>> fridge, that I am considering frying tomorrow... Hope I don't die of
>> poisoning :-) If I have to die, I'd rather it be on my own terms.
>> Death by green tomato is not that.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
>
> The Wikipedia article also says:
>
> While ripe (red or yellow) tomatoes do not contain significant amounts
> of solanine, the amount of solanine in unripe (green) tomatoes is quite
> high. A dose of 25 mg is about the dose where symptoms of nausea start
> to show.[citation needed] Depending on the variety of tomatoes the
> amount of 25 mg solanine may be reached with as less than 80 g of raw
> green tomatoes, and the potentially life-threating dose for adults of
> 400 mg may be reached between 1.25 kg to 4.5 kg of raw green
> tomatoes.[citation needed] As with potatoes, deep-frying them does
> reduce the solanine level significantly (up to 50%) while solanine
> dissolves into the frying fat. Therefore only small portions of no more
> than 80 g of raw green tomatoes or 150 g of deep-fried green tomatoes
> should be consumed per day by adults.
>
>
> gloria p

I guess I'm just going to have to take my chances... Thanks for the
citation though.

Your pal,

Bob