Comments on: Poisonous Plants http://toolmakingart.com/2008/05/30/poisonous-plants/ Timeless Tools Thu, 17 May 2012 21:36:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: BobStrawn http://toolmakingart.com/2008/05/30/poisonous-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-16 BobStrawn Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:59:00 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=23#comment-16 We eat the ripe fruit of the tomato but we pickle or cook it's green fruit before eating it. We eat the fruit of the pepper with delight, but we do not eat the leaves of either. The poison in the leaves of these plants is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanine" rel="nofollow">Solanine.</a> And it is a pretty scary poison. It is reduced by frying, but not eliminated, so too many fried green tomatoes could be quite dangerous. Bob We eat the ripe fruit of the tomato but we pickle or cook it’s green fruit before eating it. We eat the fruit of the pepper with delight, but we do not eat the leaves of either. The poison in the leaves of these plants is called Solanine. And it is a pretty scary poison. It is reduced by frying, but not eliminated, so too many fried green tomatoes could be quite dangerous.

Bob

]]> By: cherritta http://toolmakingart.com/2008/05/30/poisonous-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-15 cherritta Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:50:39 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=23#comment-15 why is the tomatoe and pepper plant posonous dont we eat peppers and tomatoes or are there sertain ones that we arnt allowed to eat??. why is the tomatoe and pepper plant posonous dont we eat peppers and tomatoes or are there sertain ones that we arnt allowed to eat??.

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