The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-08

TONERS for making matted peanuts and
various forms of peanut candy, etc. A
sweet and palatable oil can be made
from the peanut,
1t is pointed out by the Maine station
lthat from fifty to sixty-five per cent
of the nuts most commonly eaten (al-
monds, Brazil nuts, flberts, hickory
nuts, pecans and walnuts) is shell All
these nuts contain little water. The
protein is fairly high, but fat constl-
tutes the largest part of the edible por-
ton. The carbohydrates, which usual
ly occur in large proportion in the vege-
table foods, are present In only small
iamounts. The chestnut is an excep-
ton, containing, as it does nearly forty
per cent. carbohydrates. The percent
age in cocoanuts, acorns and litchi nuts
is also fairly high. The meat of nuts,
excepting those last mentioned, con-
tains nearly fifty times as much fat
and less than one-ffth as much carbo-
hydrates as wheat -four, and has about
double the fuel value A pound of I'M
shelled nuts will furnish about half as
much protein and the same amount of
energy as a pound of flour. Owing to
their high fuel value and low protein
content, nuts would not make a well
balanced food when eaten by them
selves.
This unsuitableness FOR a food by
themselves is also increased by the
potential energy being stored in the
concentrated form of fat. This is no
reason, however, why nuts should not
fill an increasingly large place in diet
aries. Very few foods supply the need
ed nutriments in the proper proportion
to form Well-balanced ration Foods
rich in fuel constituents need to be
combined with other foods of relatively
high protein contents. The low per-
centages of carbohydrates in nuts
would seem to fit them as one of the
sources of food for diabetic and other
persons who find it needful to avoid
foods containing much starch or sugar.
The chestnu differs materially from
the six nuts mentioned above as most
commonly eaten 1t contains about the
same amount of protein, only one
fourth as much fat and six or seven
times as much carbohydrates. Indeed.
its high starch content explains why
chestnuts are so little eaten raw.
Penuts have a fuel value of only
nlnety-six calories for each 0.O1 pound
OF protein, and hence have a relative
excess of protein. This is so unlike
other vegetable foods with the excep-
ton OF the near relatives of the peanut.
as peas and beans, that it is of great
Importance.
In this country nuts will probably
never, to any great extent replace the
cereal foods as IS the case in some sec
tons of the Old World Not only would
the original cost prevent, but the labor
involved in shelling and preparing nuts
Tor the table would prove a serious OBJ
stacle in their extended use.
While nut meats are generally eaten
without any previous preparations. they
may be used in a variety of ways.
nut meats are much relished
Tor sandwiches, and nut salads are not
uncommon. The use of nuts in cages,
confectionery, creams. etc. has alredy
been alluded to. Many attempts have
been made to prepare nut foods and to
extend their use in various WAYS Pea
nut butter. as it is called, is marketed
to a considerable extent. This is said
to consist of the kernels ground. with
or without the addition of q small pro-
portion of water
The nuts, particularly the peanut and
chestnut, afford interesting opportuni
ties for the housewife skilled in adding
to the list of good things Attention
has been called to the fact that nuts
form very concentrated food. They
should therefore be aten with more
bulky foods, and, except in the case
With the peanut, with hose richer in
protein
There are no reliable data regarding
The digestibility of nuts. The belief in
heir indigestiblity seems to be wide
spread. and perhaps has some basis in
act. 1t is quite probable that If the
nuts were property prepared and eaten
Ut proper times much of the prejudice
would disappear. Our present practice
If munching them at odd hours. or as
l dessert, when sufficient food has been
aiken to meet the requirements of the
md places the nut under reproach
hat is. at least in part, undeserved
There is widespread belief that salt
lids in the digestibility of nuts, and ex-
oerience seems to bear out this opin- |
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