tomatose are native to mexico and cantral america, and the aztecs grew them back in 700 A.D. in the sixteenth century, the spanish conquistadores introduced tomatoes to spain, and the tomato's popuiarity spread quickly through europe. the french loved tomatoes and called them "love apples". the british thought they were beautiful, but poisonous. and the ltalians simply used them to make the best tomato sauce there is, and they put it on their pasta.