Tomatoes

Surprise, surprise! This fruit, consumed as a vegetable, is native to Peru, and didn’t spread to the rest of the world until just a few hundred years ago. As a matter of fact, when tomatoes were first brought to Europe, they were considered potentially dangerous, and for many years were used only as decoration. No one could imagine the rave tomatoes were going to cause in the world’s gastronomy once people warmed up to their versatile taste.