Did You Know That Potatoes And Tomatoes Are Related?

The other night, for dinner I made pesto pasta with fresh ratatouille and chicken breast on the side (I am going to start taking pictures of everything I cook soon). It was great. As good as this sounds however, in my personal opinion, the best possible thing to do with ratatoullie is to pile it atop mashed potatoes. I looked into the issue and discovered some really interesting stuff. I found out that the tomato is actually related to not only the potato, but also the eggplant that is in the dish. They are all in the Solinae family and are also amazingly related to the pepper plant, the sweet potato, the morning glory flower and tobacco! Solinaes are an very interesting and diverse group.