Tomato Leaf Pesto -yay or nay? - Page 2

Salsacharley · April 27, 2015

I feed hornworms tomato leaves all the time and they love them.

Tomato Beth · April 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Salsacharley

I feed hornworms tomato leaves all the time and they love them.

Worth1 · April 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Tomato Beth

I dont have time but I could see a cartoon with a sick horn worm in the sick bed with a thermometer in his mouth and an IV hook up.

The wife standing by scolding him saying.
I see you have been eating tomato leaves again.

Worth

**coronabarb** · April 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

The recipe author's web page is here: http://www.gardenbetty.com/contact/

She looks like more of a free spirit than a scientist, so not that she was thinking this, but what I was thinking was that antioxidants tend to bond with toxins and form compounds that are much less easily absorbed by the body. The garlic and olive oil in the recipe could contain the necessary antioxidants to do so. That's why the recipe doesn't make people sick...or at least that is just my guess.

I am browsing the site and will look at the studies she posted. Don't have time right now to finish. I will say that I would never ever base what I eat on a preliminary study. I would wait for more replication by other scientists before I'd change my mind.

Tracydr · April 29, 2015

Tomato leaf pesto sounds awful. About as bad as fried hornworms. Neither are on my must-taste list.

loeb · April 30, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/di...nted=all&_r=1& I guess that treating the leafs with high temperature is a way to lower the unwanted alkaloids level. So maybe that's what should be done with the pesto.

imp · May 1, 2015

There are too many other good things to eat for me to try tomato leaf pesto. I also do not wantpotao leaf wraps, either, LOL!

I have had the notion very firmly drummed into my mind that all the nightshade plant's leaves and stems are not good to eat.

And eating caterpillars....maybe they are yummy, but I think I'll skip that appetizer, too. Seems like they would be sort of ...gooshy.

But we do like mangos.

Worth1 · May 1, 2015

The only thing I know of that is listed as toxic that i will eat is poke greens cooked correctly.
Worth

April 27, 2015	#16
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	I feed hornworms tomato leaves all the time and they love them.

April 29, 2015	#20
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Tomato leaf pesto sounds awful. About as bad as fried hornworms. Neither are on my must-taste list.

April 30, 2015	#21
loeb Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Poland Posts: 251	http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/di...nted=all&_r=1& I guess that treating the leafs with high temperature is a way to lower the unwanted alkaloids level. So maybe that's what should be done with the pesto.

May 1, 2015	#22
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	There are too many other good things to eat for me to try tomato leaf pesto. I also do not wantpotao leaf wraps, either, LOL! I have had the notion very firmly drummed into my mind that all the nightshade plant's leaves and stems are not good to eat. And eating caterpillars....maybe they are yummy, but I think I'll skip that appetizer, too. Seems like they would be sort of ...gooshy. But we do like mangos.

May 1, 2015	#23
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The only thing I know of that is listed as toxic that i will eat is poke greens cooked correctly. Worth