dear hivemind

[sidleypkhermit]

I have an oven and a toaster oven and two remaining Amana Orange heirloom tomatoes, which taste great but I'm not gonna eat them because I think they might be exacerbating my depression. Please give me your best pro tips for making a small batch of sun-dried tomatoes. (Actual sun method not an option due to humidity)

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[ride_4ever]

Hmmm...I've never made sun-dried tomatoes and I'd like to see how it's done. I'm gonna track this to see what you get from the hivemind.

And what is this about the connection between tomatoes and depression?

[sidleypkhermit]

> And what is this about the connection between tomatoes and depression?

I'm working purely from a hunch based on correlation (my tomato consumption is pretty infrequent and so easily stands out as a variable). From a quick initial search, it seems like this is a hunch many people have had, but at present there's also no statistical evidence available on it nor any plausible explanation for what the mechanism would be.

[ride_4ever]

I wonder if it's related to tomatoes being in the nightshade family. I've seen reports of "nightshade sensitive" people experiencing anxiety and insomnia after eating one or another nightshade food, but I hadn't seen anything about tomatoes in particular.