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They are a member of the nightshade family after all, which includes many poisonous plants.
by fmajid 4y ago
They are a member of the nightshade family after all, which includes many poisonous plants.
- OkayPhysicist 4y agoThey also were rather acidic compared to most foods people ate at the time. Acidity + pewter plates makes for a bad time.
- fmajid 4y agoI doubt any but the very rich could afford pewter tableware.
- OkayPhysicist 4y agoNobody but the very rich could afford tomatoes.
- WorldMaker 4y agoEggplant parm is such a fascinating dish for its mix of nightshades. Relatedly, I've known Americans that rate Italian-American restaurants on their eggplant parm as their preferred benchmark dish.
- fmajid 4y agoI'd use risotto as the benchmark myself, but then again I loathe eggplant.
- WorldMaker 4y agoReminds me of the risotto scene early in "The Big Night" (1996), which is also an interesting movie generally in the context of this discussion. The scene is about Italian immigrants trying to run a restaurant in America, and revolves around the kitchen dispute that happens when an American customer requests a side of spaghetti to go with the risotto.
- fmajid 4y agoHeh. I have French friends who eat rice with bread as for them rice is a vegetable.