The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-03-15
THE COMING FOOD-STUFF.
The Peanut and its Value as Il Nutri-
ment---An Article Of Diet that is
Destined to Become POpular---
Both Wholesome and Economical.
st. Louis National Druggist !


On another page we publish an alb
stract ofthe translation which appeared
in the National Druggist, of February
Is, 1893, Of a paper from the pen OF
DR.. KOeing, of Munster, on the pea
nut and Its Value as a Nutr!ment.*
We do this at the request of several
persons whose attention has only re-
Gently been directed to the article. and
whom we are unable to supply with
the original issue, aud we do so the
more readily, partly because the paper
in its original form did not attract the
attention which its great economical
importance deserved, and partly be-
cause the editor has, since the original
publication, had opportunities to test
the prepared peanut i'll various ways,
and can therefore, from experience,
add his testimony to that of DR.. koe
mig, who, as our readers probably
know, is the greatest living authority
on fOOd-stutis, in those countries III
Europe in which, for various reasons,
the question Of the greatest amount
of Authorization for the least cost, has
assumed by far the highest Importance,
and has been most thoroughly and
scientifically investigated, tO-wit, in
the German and Austrian Empires.
There, where million Of men, the
youngest, the strongest, the most
healthy and most willing to labor as
producers in the fields and workshops.
are not merely kept from such labo:
by the stringent military laws (Which
seem to be necessity il the political
condition of EurOpe), but must be up
ported, in their enforced idlenes>. at
public''cOst and in such a manner that
they shall always be in the best posi-
bic fighting trim. Not only thu. but
the necessity for being always prepared
for war. the storing away Of food fer
use in Notifications, or on boar'3 ships
and, above all, for the alimentttI'n Of
men on the march, makes the que>-
ton of the greatest amount ct Lulri-
ment in the smallest compass and al
the smallest cost, one OF supreme I'M
pOrtance, and hence one that has
brought to its solution the activities of
the greatest experimentOrs and think
erS.
When, therefore, we have the dictum
of these men on any sub ect pertaining
to alimentatiOu. it is worthy of the
most profound attention, even i'll this
country of production of food
stutis, and hence wastefulness and eX-
trayagance i'll everything pertaining
thereto, from the cultivation of the
crops, their gathering and storing,
marketing, and preparation, down to
the cooking and serving of the same.
The attention of the writer being
thus drawn to the researches of DR..
koenig, he was ready to accept the
statements concerning the nutritive
value of the peanut, and ayailed him.
self of an early opportunity of testing
the alleged palatableness of the soups,
bread and made-dishes prepared from
the same. The result was a very delight
full surprise. \ puree, made exactly
in the same manner as bean soup, with
the nuts roasted just sufficiently to
make the membranOus cOrteX slip
Oft easily, was rich and delicate in
flavor, resembling the quality of bean
'oups ~ tiit't ~ 40 Il II lilC =" SS vi
The dried nut, slightly roasted. pow.
dered and made into a paste, and thus
baked, with no addition save a little
salt, made most toothsOme biscuit
and we can easily conceive that bread
more carefully prepared, would be q
luxurious article of diet. The fully.
roasted nut. powdered, was boiled
with the addition of little cocoa. in
milk, and used as chocolate, anG
eIulled the best that we have ever used
We are fully convinced that Ameri
can housewives need only be persuaded
TO try peanut meal, to bring the latter
ut once into use as prime tavOrite
Of course, to make this possible. il
will be necessary for some one will
capital. energy and enterprise, to un
dertake the preparation of the meal il
quantities sufficient for experimental
purposes at least. This could be don,
from the oil-cake at but a trifling eX
pense, and we sincerely hope that some
of those engaged in expressing peanu
oil will undertake the manufacture.