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  2. Tomato - Wikipedia

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    The analysis predicts that var. cerasiforme appeared around 78,000 years ago, while the cultivated tomato originated around 7,000 years ago (5,000 BCE), with substantial uncertainty, making it unclear how humans may have been involved in the process. [8] The Spanish first introduced tomatoes to Europe, where they became used in Spanish food.

  3. List of food origins - Wikipedia

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    The Neolithic founder crops (or primary domesticates) are the eight plant species that were domesticated by early Holocene (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region of southwest Asia, and which formed the basis of systematic agriculture in the Middle East, North Africa, India ...

  4. List of tomato cultivars - Wikipedia

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    Brought to Missouri by a German immigrant family, these tomatoes were shared with Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and now the seeds are commercially distributed. Sugary sweet flavor. [54] [55] German Pink Pink 85–90 Heirloom 16–32 oz Beefsteak Indeterminate Regular Leaf One of two tomato varieties that inspired the creation of the Seed Savers ...

  5. History of the potato - Wikipedia

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    Throughout Europe, the most important new food in the 19th century was the potato, which had three major advantages over other foods for the consumer: its lower rate of spoilage, its bulk (which easily satisfied hunger) and its cheapness. The crop slowly spread across Europe, becoming a major staple by mid-century, especially in Ireland.

  6. History of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    After the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Columbian exchange brought New World crops such as maize, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and manioc to Europe, and Old World crops such as wheat, barley, rice, and turnips, and livestock including horses, cattle, sheep, and goats to the Americas.

  7. 7 of the coolest cultural festivals in Europe, from tomato ...

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    For a more wholesome alternative to the tomato-throwing, bull-escaping, demon-parading festivities around the rest of Europe, visit the Netherland’s Keukenhof gardens between 21 March and 12 May ...

  8. Pasta al pomodoro - Wikipedia

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    Pomodoro means 'tomato' in Italian. [1] More specifically, pomodoro is a univerbation of pomo ('apple') + d ('of') + oro ('gold'), [2] possibly owing to the fact that the first varieties of tomatoes arriving in Europe and spreading from Spain to Italy and North Africa were yellow, with the earliest attestation (of the archaic plural form pomi d'oro) going back to Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1544).

  9. New World crops - Wikipedia

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    Food historian Lois Ellen Frank calls potatoes, tomatoes, corn, beans, squash, chili, cacao, and vanilla the "magic eight" ingredients that were found and used only in the Americas before 1492 and were taken via the Columbian Exchange back to the Old World, dramatically transforming the cuisine there. [17] [18] [19] According to Frank, [20]