<![CDATA["Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free"]]>"Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free"

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/e6476edb-ab72-42b8-8bbd-887a5c873c7d/weird-to-think-that-the-entire-history-of-the-roman-empire-was-tomato-freeRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 22:34:09 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 14:55:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:28:51 GMT]]>@EricBono @infobeautiful ...but now he has bigger bananas -now, I understand the brand - they were the first ones from the East-

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Columbian Exchange

The impact of the spread of animals, crops and diseases between continents after 1492.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/leffe/statuses/116573868748422629https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/leffe/statuses/116573868748422629Thu, 14 May 2026 16:27:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:21:12 GMT]]>@infobeautiful I wonder if they roasted sunflower seeds and/or crushed them into a spread (like peanut butter)?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/kimlockhartga/statuses/116573842451214567https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/kimlockhartga/statuses/116573842451214567Thu, 14 May 2026 16:21:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:20:44 GMT]]>@infobeautiful

Now do Asia.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hcommons.social/users/aka_quant_noir/statuses/116573840663661374https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hcommons.social/users/aka_quant_noir/statuses/116573840663661374Thu, 14 May 2026 16:20:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:16:31 GMT]]>@infobeautiful

Thanks for the thistles, gramps!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115698814574963421/statuses/116573824063381037https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115698814574963421/statuses/116573824063381037Thu, 14 May 2026 16:16:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:14:56 GMT]]>@infobeautiful

My conquistador went to the New World and all I got was this lousy syphilis.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115698814574963421/statuses/116573817817493073https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115698814574963421/statuses/116573817817493073Thu, 14 May 2026 16:14:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:54:14 GMT]]>@infobeautiful mad to think there was a time in Europe before potatoes, whole civilisations rose and fell in fact...yet no potato

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lazarou/statuses/116573736402320516https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lazarou/statuses/116573736402320516Thu, 14 May 2026 15:54:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:41:19 GMT]]>@infobeautiful Not only tomato, which now is typically everywhere, also potatoes and corn, widely used now. The interesting fact is about how all of them have become the main ingredients of many (now) typical recipes.
It should teach how something new, unusual, in a couple of centuries may become a key tradition.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116573685659916302https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116573685659916302Thu, 14 May 2026 15:41:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:33:48 GMT]]>@Gergovie @infobeautiful that critically acclaimed first Oasis album

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ASprinkleofSage/statuses/116573656109515229https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ASprinkleofSage/statuses/116573656109515229Thu, 14 May 2026 15:33:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:15:18 GMT]]>@infobeautiful Literally sowing wild oats!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/koushiniku/statuses/116573583367591133https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/koushiniku/statuses/116573583367591133Thu, 14 May 2026 15:15:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:12:34 GMT]]>@infobeautiful @pozorvlak The Roman Empire was also, apparently, eggplant-free, which I find bizarre because they are native to Asia.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/mjd/statuses/116573572581959459https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/mjd/statuses/116573572581959459Thu, 14 May 2026 15:12:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free" on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:02:19 GMT]]>@infobeautiful

Tobacco and syphilis 👍
😄

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