Tobacco would make a great name for a cat
The Nightshade Family
Submitted 1 month ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Toes@ani.social 1 month ago
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 month ago
And how majestic that cat looks!
Def the photogenic one in the family.M137@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A pouch of snus is called a “prilla” in Swedish, and one of my friends named their cat that.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
People always look at you weird when you call Salsa a “concoction of nightshade fruits”.
bob_lemon@feddit.org 1 month ago
Tbf, most of these would kind of suck in a salsa.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Don’t forget onion
lime@feddit.nu 1 month ago
wait, the cat is related?
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
Yeah that one messes me up as well. Who of these birthed the cat? Who of these did the cat birth?
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
You never heard about mom having kittens?
Carl@lemm.ee 1 month ago
This is a default family in the Sims.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Fun fact potato berries are poisonous
Foreigner@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Relevant Simpsons episode: youtu.be/DX08tDXPnz0?feature=shared
Vathsade@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I can see a deadly link for nightshade for a few of them (like when potatoes turn green) but I’ve never heard of poisonous tomato facts… Are there any?
millie@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous. They referred to them as poison apples.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
That’s because they used pewter containers which were pretty common back in the day. The acidity from tomatoes would leech the lead out of the pewter and into the tomato so anyone eating this lead infused tomato product was gonna be in for a bad time.
bob_lemon@feddit.org 1 month ago
The poison apple thing is based on works of Galen, who, seeing how he lived in Europe in the 3rd century, has never seen a tomato, nor spoken to anyone who has. But he did describe a poisonous “wolf peach” that happened to match a tomato, so obviously that must be it.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Many parts of the tomato plant are deadly to pets. Same goes for all nightshade members.
ben_dover@lemmy.world 1 month ago
any of the green parts of the tomato (even just the small bits inside the tomato) can kill small pets like hamsters or mice
XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Potatoes? One of the “family” just decided to be a tuber?
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Get this, they’re so closed related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Wild. TIL. Thanks.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Potatoes have fruits as well - they look like little dark green tomatoes. Toxic of course, because nightshade.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
There is more to a plant than just the fruit, you know. It just happens that the species (cultivar?) of nightshade that we grow for potatoes has tasty, starchy roots, while others have tasty, zesty fruits, and then so.a of them are eggplant.
Narauko@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Eggplant out here catching strays.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 month ago
… what? No, they’re all nightshade plants. Not the same plant, mind, but still the same family.
millie@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Just be glad they didn’t turn into crabs or cats.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And the devil’s trumpet?
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Here I was thinking tomatillos were separate
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
True
yesman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are native to the Americas. That means that before Transatlantic trade, there were not hot peppers in China, no potatoes in Ireland, and not tomatoes in Italy.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s why if you ask someone in Bologna how much tomato to add to your Bolognese they will chase you out of town with a kitchen knife.
bob_lemon@feddit.org 1 month ago
Which is weird, considering the dish was only invented in the 19th century, so tomatoes were absolutely available.
Italian cuisine in general has way less tradition that people think.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What did they use instead?
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Imagine many common Indian dishes without tomatoes or chilis. How about the popular trope of a Native American on horseback? Horses went extinct in the US many thousands of years before Europeans arrived with a different kind. It’s amazing how quickly the cultural exchange happened so long ago.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Tangential fact: syphillis originated in the Americas, likely from llamas. It’s the only instance of a transmittable disease to be imported to the old world.
This also makes me a bit annoyed at the show 'Apothecary Diaries" as it depicts syphillis existing in China in the 700AD