Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-31
MAY BE USED ny THE GERMAN
ARMY.
4 NUTRITIOUS FOOD CAN RE
PREPARED FROM THEM,
One Pound Nearly Equals Three
Pounds vi Reef Kernels Used for
"Ohve Or and the Shells for Max.
Ing Paper--Where They Are Grown.

The humble and slightly esteemed
peanut Is beginning ~ assume I'M
portance in the world, says n Wash
iugton correspondent of The Boston
Transcript, 1t is likely to be adopted
for ntious 10y the army of Germany,
the department of state ut Washing.
ton Is informed In that country tho
oppressive coSt OF gigantic military
establishment makes demand for THE
cheapest possible food for soldiers.
This NQuiWmcnt Is mot by the
"gNobtT," which is morN nutritious
than the best ht1fStAk and highly
digtStible when properly prepared.
Such, at all events are the conclu.
sions arrived at by DR., Norilinger and
other GtSlman savamts who have been
Investigating THE subject They have
found tlNlt peanut "cakc"--thc residue
after oil has heen eNprN$sci from the
autS is highly eunccntrNt,l food suit
able for human beings. II is U,lcu.
lated to he OF great value to the peS,S-
ant and Industrial classes OF Europe,
which havS suffered from n long and
nearly exclusive diet OF bread and
potatooS. Hitherto 1t has only been
employed ms forage for cIttlc, sheep
and horstsL Thc problem contront
Ing the experimenting scientists was
to convert this crude material into Il
palatahle, nutritious and wholesome
human food, cheap and cS,Sily cooked.
This they have pcrfectly accomplished,
producing several preparations suit
able for different purposes, which
have already been placed on the mar
kct. one of these Is peanut grtS-thc
coars stun dried, purified, boltcd and
packed in one pound boxes In this
form II is used for soups and cakes,
or MS a vegetable.
Peanut flour is similar to the grits,
except ulMt the material Is ground and
bolted like ordinary flour Another
preparation IL In the shape OF dry,
light and palatablo biscuits or
"cIWckers" Me new food Is cspe
clally recommended for the use of
persons afflicted with diabetes,
Also fairly acceptable substitute
for coffee Is made from peanuts
one interesting fact asccrtuned by
the German savants Is that peanuts
raw or roasted are not nutritious at
all, for the reason that the digestive
functions refuse To assimilmte them.
The chewcd particles pass through and
out OF the body almost unaltcrod. II
is the same way with almonds and
with nuts In general. 1ho "goobr"
has to be thoroughly cooked In order
to be profitable as an articld OF drst
Boi, Vi peanut grits, for example, are
perfectly digeIstible, even by sick pco-
pie.
For the sake of a test, peanut soup
was fed 10 one hundred aud twenty
patients in a public hospital. More
than half of them found the new food
enjoyable and ate Vt gladly whenever
Vt was offered. Others consumed II
without complaint, while about a
dozen dislikcd II extremely, being af.
fected with stomach ache or vomiting
after taking IL. They complained That
II had rancid taste. But nearly all
UIIOft Ntll VII ". SUN b'llik ilit Ahf71
with invalids, some Of whom were
suffering from dyspepsia and other
digestive weaknesses, this cheap and
nutritious diet ought TO be most yalua-
BILE for persons In robust hcalthpar
tIcularly for soldiers sailors, working
men and inmates OF prisons and asy-
lums.
The German military authorities,
promptly accepting the suggestion of.
fercd by the savants, have been max
Ing experiments with peanut meal and
grits, served TO the garrisons at
Frankfort and elsewhere. They have
reported Gavorably To the ministry Of
war at Berlin, and, IL further trials
are equally satisfactory, the new food
will be doptcd as an element OF the
rations and field sausage" Of the
army. 1t liz likely, also, to find az
ceptance In the navy One important
Quality Is It's sustaining power, ena-
bling the consumer to endure much
fatigue. In this particular 1t surpasses
even the hitherto "soJa
bean" of China and Japan.
But the most conclusive evidence IN
favor Of the peanut IL furnished by
analyses made by German chemists OF
high authority. They have compared
1t, In respect 10 nutrihve value, with
other foods, vegetable and animal.
Pcase are more nutritious than beef.
steak: white beans are more nutritious
than peas, sofa beans are more nutrl-
tious than white beans; peanuts are
more nutritious tlIan sofa beans In
a pound Of peanut gris there Is
nearly twice as much nutriment as In
pound Of peas. One pound Of pea
nut meal is nearly equal in nourishing
power TO three pounds OF beef. Pea.
nut meal only costs four cents pound
IN bulk.
At present the most important use
Of peanuts is In the Manufacture OF
oil The American "goobers" are
larger. swecter and better favored
than any grown elsewhere In the
world. but thy are not 80 rich In oil
NJ the African. the finest OF which