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One: the history of tomatoes:

The official name of tomato is tomato.

Originated from Peru and Ecuador in South America, there are still primitive wild species in the Andes, which were later introduced to Mexico and domesticated as cultivated species. /kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, it was brought to Europe by Spanish and Portuguese businessmen from Central and South America, and then spread to North America and Asia from Europe. At first, its bright red fruit was used as a garden ornamental, and later it was gradually eaten. The highest tomato yield in the world is the United States; The Soviet Union has the largest planting area; China, Japanese, Egyptian, Mexican, Italian and Spanish countries all produce in large quantities.

Two: When were tomatoes introduced to China?

Tomatoes were introduced to China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

This is recorded in the history books. "Family Tree", written in 162 1, records: "A sweet persimmon is a June persimmon. The stem is like Artemisia, four or five feet high, the leaves are like Artemisia, the flowers are like durian, one branch bears five fruits, or three or four fruits ... The herbs are also from Xifan, hence the name. " It seems that tomatoes were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty.

But it was called "Fan Persimmon" at that time, because it was cool with persimmon, red in color and from the west, so it was named "Tomato". Introduced from China to Japan, Japan also called it "Tang persimmon". Historically, China people used to add the word "fan" to things imported from abroad, so they called it "tomato". Taiwan Province Province is commonly known as "smelly persimmon" in the north and "mandarin orange" in the south.

Three: "Scrambled eggs with tomatoes" was invented by China people.

How can I see it?

1. Because from the historical development of tomatoes, it is impossible to verify the time when tomatoes were introduced to Central America from Peru in South America, but it is certain that the Incas and Aztecs in America began to grow tomatoes as early as 700 BC, and the time to eat tomatoes was16th century. The first eaters were Maya and aborigines in southern Mexico. They eat uncooked raw food.

2. Tomatoes didn't arrive in England until 1590. A man named Gillard? Herb's quack knows that both Spaniards and Italians like this. Even so, he insisted that tomatoes were poisonous, so they were not included in the menu, so the way to eat them was raw.

3. Around1750, tomatoes spread to North America and were eaten by Americans. At that time, not many people ate them, and people mainly used them as decorative plants.

Even Thomas, the third president of the United States? Jefferson also ate in Paris,

Later, after returning to China, I not only ate a lot, but also promoted it.

At that time, Americans did not eat tomatoes as daily vegetables, but only as fruits in summer. So, no cooking.

4./kloc-In the 7th century, British sailors discovered a sauce (made of drupes and mushrooms) used by sailors in southern China to pickle fish, which was very delicious. Then it spread to Britain, and people began to call all the salty and thick sauces containing various spices kctehup. At that time, there were many kinds of ketchup in Europe, including walnuts, anchovies, mushrooms, cucumbers and so on, but none of them used tomatoes. American Henry? Hindes made a creative tomato sauce and added tomatoes to the sauce.

This is the ketchup we ate today.

It can be seen from here that tomatoes are made into ketchup in the United States, but they are not actually cooked with eggs.

So, how to prove that "Fried tomatoes with eggs" was invented by China people?

From the information I checked, I found that the so-called "fried tomatoes with eggs" was the former "moo Shu pork", and this dish "moo Shu pork" was on the menu of the Ming Dynasty! ! Haha, at the same time, in the west, tomatoes are still made into table sauce, and tomatoes are not cooked with any vegetables or meat at the same time. So I come to the conclusion that "scrambled eggs with tomatoes" was invented by China people! ! !

Some people may ask, why is scrambled eggs with tomatoes also called moo Shu pork?

It turns out that this "Mushu" is "alfalfa", not "Mushu" written on the menu of general hotels. This kind of alfalfa is called alfalfa because the fried eggs are similar to alfalfa, so it is named.

Therefore, "Fried Mushu with Tomatoes" means "Fried Eggs with Tomatoes"

Mu Shu pork is fried with eggs, usually decorated with fungus and cucumber slices.