OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >,
> "Default User" > wrote:
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> > Shaun aRe wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "Default User" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> >
> > > > Lutefisk is a practical joke played on unwary vistors, I think.
> >
> > > Did you read any of that stuff?
> >
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> >
> > Brian
>
> Food thru the ages that may have been considered bad or even offal
> has become a gourmet treat.
>
> My Botany professor told me that Napoleon planted "Wolf Peaches"
> around his gardens to kill the peasants that came to steal produce.
>
> Wolf Peaches are now known as "Tomatoes".
>
> They were once thought to be deady poison since the leaves and roots
> are. ;-)


Hmmm, Chicken Marengo, said to have been created to celebrate one of
Napoleon's victories, contains tomatoes. Tomatoes were well established
in Continental cuisine by that point.



Brian

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