Often called a 'pomme d'amour' en francais
cordialement,
Jez
On 8 February 2011 13:34, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I once was told by a historical re-enactor at The Cowpens National
> Battlefield in South Carolina that English colonists eschewed the tomato,
> calling it a "love apple."
>
> --Bob
>
> P.S. They guy was in the guise of one of Tarleton's Legion, so he may have
> been blowing smoke up a Patriot butt.
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2011, at 7:59 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
> > Pizza (or something like it) goes way, way back in history. However,
> > pizza with tomato sauce had to await the discovery of the Americas.
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza> since tomatoes are
> > thought to originate in South America.
>
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