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MattPearce on June 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why supermarket tomatoes tend to taste bland

Just to 'ruin the fun' for you (and anyone else inspired by you), the leaves of tomatoes contain cyanide. Same with potato leaves.

jrabone on June 30, 2012 [–]

Really? I thought it was an alkaloid (solanine) similar to other members of the nightshade family.

meepmorp on July 1, 2012 | [–]

You're correct, it's solanine, not cyanide.

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