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Old September 16, 2010   #9
RinTinTin
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Don't forget that on his first voyage, he made it as far as the Bahamas (San Salvador Is.). The Spaniards had not been there to start distributing them yet. Whatever he took back was what the Caribbean natives were eating at the time.

I'll have to look around and find one of my sources for the 'green' tomatoes. Maybe they took under-ripe ones knowing it would be a long, slow journey home.
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