i have a question for all of you joes

potatoes and/or tomatoes

(so-called 'cookies' might also qualify; originally the term referred to the negative rating option often used to punish trolls--thus 'trollhouse cookies'. give half of my winnings to gene and the other to the 'dan quayle spelling foundation'.)

is correct they were thought to be posionios because pigs won't eat them raw. and because they are part of the night shade family. like apples and roses.

now why are they called love apples

Legend has it a Frenchman on his travels ate a meal with tomatoes in it and was fascinated with the new taste. He went back to the chef, who was Italian, and asked him what this new ingredient was. The chef said "Pomme de Maure" (Apple of the Moors), but the Frenchman misunderstood and thought he said "Pomme d'amour" (apple of love). The modern Italian word for tomato however is "pomodoro", which means "golden apple".

"Tomato" is a slang word for what?