Ua ulu ʻia nā piliona tōmato a puni ka honua i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO ia nā mea ʻai i loko o nā kīʻaha, nā ʻaʻahu salakeke, nā pizzas, nā sandwiches a kokoke i nā kīʻaha ʻāina āpau o ka honua. Hoʻopau ka ʻAmelika ma kahi o 9 kg o nā tōmato i ka makahiki! He mea paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole i like me kēia. ʻO ka poʻe ʻEulopa, ka mea i kapa ʻia ka ʻōmato i ka makahiki 1700 ʻo ka "apple poisonous", i nānā ʻole (a ʻaʻole ʻike wale paha) i ka ʻai ʻana o nā Aztecs i ka hua i ka makahiki 700 AD. Malia paha ua pili ka makaʻu i nā tōmato i ko lākou wahi i hānau ai: i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 16, ua lawe mai ʻo Cortes a me nā conquistador Spanish ʻē aʻe i nā hua mai Mesoamerica, kahi i hoʻolaha nui ʻia ai kā lākou mahiʻai. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻohui pinepine ka poʻe ʻEulopa ʻaʻole hilinaʻi i ka hua e nā aristocrats, ka mea i hāʻule i kēlā me kēia manawa ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i kahi tōmato (me nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa ʻē aʻe). He mea pono e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka aristocracy i nā papa tin i hana ʻia me ke kēpau no ka meaʻai. Ke hui pū ʻia me nā waikawa tōmato, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻelele o nā papa kiʻekiʻe i ka lāʻau make. ʻO ka poʻe ʻilihune, ua ʻae maikaʻi lākou i nā tōmato, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kīʻaha lāʻau. Ua paʻi ʻo John Gerard, kahi mea ʻokiʻoki i kahi puke i ka makahiki 1597 i kapa ʻia ʻo "Herballe", ʻo ia ka mea i wehewehe i ka ʻōmato. Ua kapa ʻo Gerard i ka mea kanu he mea ʻawaʻawa, ʻoiai ʻo nā kumu a me nā lau i kūpono ʻole i ka ʻai, ʻaʻole nā hua ponoʻī. Ua manaʻo ka poʻe Pelekania he mea ʻawaʻawa ka tōmato no ka mea ua hoʻomanaʻo ia i kahi hua ʻawaʻawa i kapa ʻia ʻo ka wolf peach. Ma ka "hauʻoli" manawa, ʻo wolf peach kahi unuhi Pelekane o ka inoa kahiko o nā tōmato mai ka German "wolfpfirsich". ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua like pū nā ʻōmato me nā mea kanu ʻona o ka ʻohana Solanceae, ʻo ia hoʻi ka henbane a me ka belladonna. I loko o nā kolone, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka inoa o nā tōmato. Ua manaʻo ka poʻe kolone ʻAmelika e lilo ke koko o ka poʻe i ʻai i ka ʻōmato i ka waikawa! ʻAʻole hiki i ka makahiki 1880 ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻEulopa e ʻike mālie i ka ʻōmato ma ke ʻano he meaʻai. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka kaulana o ka berry i ka pizza Naples me ka ʻuala ʻulaʻula. Ua kōkua ka neʻe ʻana o ʻEulopa i ʻAmelika i ka laha ʻana o nā tōmato, akā mau nō ka manaʻo ʻino. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, nui ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka ilo tōmato, ʻekolu a ʻelima ʻīniha ka lōʻihi, a ua manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻawaʻawa. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hōʻoia ka poʻe entomologists i ka palekana o ia mau ilo. Ua ulu ka ʻōmato i ka kaulana, a i ka makahiki 1897 i puka mai ai ka sopa tōmato kaulana a Campbell. I kēia lā, ulu ka US ma mua o 1 kg i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Malia paha he mau loa kēia nīnau, a me ka primacy o ka moa a i ʻole ka hua. Mai ka manaʻo botanical, ʻo nā ʻōmato he hua syncarp multi-celled (hua). He ʻili lahilahi ko ka hua, he pulp wai a me nā hua he nui i loko. Eia nō naʻe, mai ka manaʻo o ka ʻōnaehana ʻenehana, no nā mea kanu ka ʻōmato: ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka mahi ʻana e like me nā mea kanu mea kanu ʻē aʻe.
2022-11-11