Last week Green Thing posted 13 Things you probably didn't know about cucumbers. As this week is British Tomato week, it seemed fitting to reveal some cool tomato facts. These facts are a compilation from many sources, although I can personally verify numbers 3, 5 and 10.
1.Tomato sauce is an excellent way of cleaning anything made from copper- jewellry to pots, the salt and acidity of tomato sauce helps remove copper oxides, leaving bright copper metal behind
2. Back in the day, in the 1600's it was widely accepted in Britain that tomatoes were poisonous. It wasn't until the mid 1700's that tomatoes became a staple part of the British diet.
3. Bathing in tomato juice is an excellent way to remove the smell if a skunk sprays you or a pet. True story.
(I can verify this. When I was 5 years old a skunk sprayed me and my mum put me in a bath of tomato juice. My sister sat on the edge of the tub trying to drink it. I'm still a bit traumatised by it all. But, it does work)
4. Tomato paste is great at removing chlorine from your hair. Especially if you're blonde and the chlorine from swimming pools accidentally dyes your hair green. Tomato paste helps bring back your natural hue.
5. A Bloody Mary (Tomato Juice, vodka, salt, pepper, tobasco sauce, worcestershire sauce) helps cure hangovers. The tomato juice is full of vitamins and the vodka, well, it helps ween your body off the alcohol.
6. Tomatoes are cholesterol free.
7. The best way to ripen tomatoes is to put them next to apples or bananas. Apples and bananas give off ethylene gases which speeds up the ripening process.
8. The tomato is the world's most popular fruit. Yes, fruit. Not vegetable. A fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds.
9. There are over 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.
10. Searching for clear skin? The high vitamin C content of tomatoes unblocks pores leaving your skin feeling soft. Tomato face peels are great, just apply slices to your face and they'll loosen the top layer of dead skin, letting it rub off.
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