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Comenius Project
No motto. S.P.Q.R. (Senatus populusque romanus
Still beyond
Peace in the country, peace out of the borders
Freedom, Equality, Fraternity
In varietate concordia (Latin) "United in
diversity" (10mai 2005) Unueco in diverseco
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Tomato
Soukhmani Hanane, Chighannou Yasmina, Zeroual
Fatima
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History

• Fruit of a plant originating from Mexico and
  Central America. Originally the tomato was a
  round small fruit similar to the cherry tomato
  which is well known today.
• Indians grew it and made it known it with the
  first Spanish settlers.
• It has been regarded as poisonous for a long
  time and until the 18th century, it was
  essentially used as decorative plants. We used
  to believe that it made people sick since it is
  known that its leaves, his its stems and its
  fruits. contain a toxic alkaloid. In the 16th
  century the tomato appeared in the Italian
  cooking Italians named it pomodoro which means
  "gold apple".

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Description of Tomato

• The tomato grows on a bushy sometimes crawling
  plant . The word "tomato" is derived from tomalt,
  the name of this vegetable in nahualt, the
  language spoken by the Aztecs .
• Annual under temperate climates and perennial
  with short life under tropical climates, the
  tomato always requires a long period of heat and
  sunning.
• The main tomato producer countries are the United
  States, Russia, Turkey, China, Italy, Egypt and
  Spain.
• There is more than one thousand of varieties this
  vegetable ( the cherry and the oblong tomato also
  called Italian tomato,
• The tomato can be round, oval, and even square.
  This variety was created by American agronomists
  in 1984 to meet the needs of the industry which
  wanted a tomato easy to pick and pack up.

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Tomato characteristics

• The size of tomatoes varies according to
  species' thus the tiny cherry tomato measures
  from 2,5 to 3 cm .
• The oblong tomato resembles a small pear it
  measures from 5 to 10 cm length and 3 to 5 cm
  it is seedless and is less juicy than other
  tomato species.
• As for common tomato, it is round and measures
  between 6 and 12 cm and can weigh from 75 G to 1
  kg, sometimes even more. Some varieties of
  tomatoes are green even ripe but most become
  red, pink, orange or yellow.
• The savour of tomatoes depends on their degree of
  acidity, water and sugar contents, texture of the
  pulp,
• Nowadays, the tomatoes found on the market are
  almost always firm and their skin is thick.

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Tomato components

• 15 kcalories (63 kjoules) for 100 G, the tomato
  is not fattening,
• Rich in water (93 to 95 ), it contains only
  small quantities of glucids (3 ), proteins (1 )
  and lipids (traces).In addition, the tomato is
  rich in vitamin C (from 10 to 30 Mg by 100 G) and
  in provitamin A, also called carotene (0,6 Mg by
  100 G). It also brings vitamins of the groups B
  and E. It is strongly mineralizating potassium
  (226 mg/100g), magnesium (11 mg/100g), zinc,
  phosphorus (24 Mg 100g), iron (0,5mg/100g).

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For a long time the tomato has been considered
as aphrodisiac . In 1544 it was introduced by
the Italian herbalist Pierandrea Matthioli who
called it "pomi doro" or gold apple, Ingredients
Mozzarella Tomato average tomatoes, olive
oil , basil , mozzarella. Salt and pepper
RecipeSlice tomatoes and mozzarella On a
dish, alternate tomatoes and mozzarella, Season
with olive oil, salt and pepper .Add fresh
basil.
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Spain

• It first appeared in Europe in the Sevillan
  gardens of some monasteries which specialized to
  grow new plants from the New World . The
  Maures having invaded Spain were fascinated by
  this vegetable in the shape of heart which sang
  love and embarked it in their luggage for the
  conquest of all the Mediterranean basin.
• Tempting, enchantress, the tomato modifies the
  mediterranean cooking radically ,
• The Incas did not suspect that their Mala
  Peruviana - apple of Peru - would be the subject
  of so many debates.
• Recipe Spanish Paella
• Ingredients for 10 people1 chicken
• pork sparerib
• Mussels
• squids, pepper, onions , garlic, tomatoes
• olive oil
• Salt, pepper, saffron .
• rice , chorizo, scampi, lemons.

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France

• With nearly 13 kg per annum and per capita, the
  tomato has become, five centuries after its
  discovery, the first vegetable fruit eaten in
  France.
• The word "Tomato" comes from the Inca word
  "Tomalt". It was discovered by Christopher
  Colombus in South America in the 16th century.
• The tomato arrives to Europe one century later
  and became very popular in Spain and in Italy.
  Round, red or yellow, it was called pomme dor,
  "gold apple" Regarded as a poisonous product, it
  has remained a simple decorative plant for three
  centuries. It was in the middle of the 18th
  century that this fruit virtues were discovered .
  The tomato is then on all the tables of the South
  of Europe. Provençaux are the first French to
  eat it. On July 14 1790, the festival of the
  National Federation require tomatoes everywhere
  in the capital.
• The restaurant "the Three Provençaux Brothers"
  registers tomatoes with its chart and, in front
  of the massive request of the consumers, the
  market-gardeners of the surroundings of Paris
  start to grow it, successfully.
• Tomatoes in the Provence way
• Tomatos - garlic - fresh or dry parsley, -
• salt, pepper Provence herbs, - olive oil
• bread crumbs
• 15mn in the oven.

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Turkey

• The tomato cultures and the sites of
  transformations are primarily located in the area
  of Bursa, on the coast of Marmara as well as the
  areas of Balikesir and Izmir, along the coasts
  north of the Aegean Sea.
• Some small companies have settled around the
  Black Sea, in the Western part of the country and
  in central. Anatolia. On the whole, about thirty
  companies exploit 45 sites of tomato production.
• The first modern factory was established by TAT
  in 1968 in the area of Bursa, with the assistance
  of Heinz and partnership with Migros Suisse. At
  that time, TAT was the industrial producer of
  mashed tomatoes in Turkey.
• STEWED VEGETABLES (SEBZELI GUVEC)
• Lamb shoulder without bone , French beans,
  potatoes,
• 3 tomatoes, 2 green peppers 12 small onions (or
  shallots),
• Garlic , olive oil, pepper, thyme

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Tomato Production in Turkey
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Some varieties of tomatoes
Cocktail tomato Larger than the cherry tomato,
small sweetened taste. Used generally as starters
The tomato, from Solanaceous family , originating
from Peruvian Andes and Mexico... Brought to
Spain in the 16th century , the tomato is an
annual plant with divided and odorous
leaves. Incas cultivated it before its discovery
by Christopher Colombus in the 15th century.
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Cherry tomato-... Red small fruits, hardly
larger than a cherry. Fragile.
Mini-tomatoes in clusters... Used as starters,
in decoration.