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When the tomato arrived in Europe it was believed poisonous for two hundred years, because the wealthy ate off pewter plates laced with lead and the acid leached the lead out; the tomato took the blame. The very symbol of Italian cuisine was once eaten in fear, if at all. Is a food's reputation decided by its truth or by its gossip?
— food history, the spread of the tomato in Europe
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