tomatine

The tiny red and black mottled water balloons gently explode their melted tomatine flesh over the rice, staining the yellow and white grains to a peach and pink as the sweet juice weeps down through the pile.

Archive 2006-07-01 2006

The tiny red and black mottled water balloons gently explode their melted tomatine flesh over the rice, staining the yellow and white grains to a peach and pink as the sweet juice weeps down through the pile.

Shamshiri Grill - Persian Conversion 2006

Green tomatoes also contain tomatine and have the same effect.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Tomato leaves have long been considered potentially toxic because they contain a defensive alkaloid, tomatine, but recent research has found that tomatine binds tightly to cholesterol molecules in our digestive system, so that the body absorbs neither the alkaloid nor its bound partner.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Green tomatoes also contain tomatine and have the same effect.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Tomato leaves have long been considered potentially toxic because they contain a defensive alkaloid, tomatine, but recent research has found that tomatine binds tightly to cholesterol molecules in our digestive system, so that the body absorbs neither the alkaloid nor its bound partner.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Other animal carcinogens -- quercetin glycosides and hydrogen peroxide -- lurk within tomatoes, as does tomatine, which interferes with nerve transmission.

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