The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-30
Peanuts as a Food.

Recently an editor. In commenting
upon the fact that an American had
been sent TO England to introduce
peanuts into that country. expressed
the opinion that the English people
would do well to give no encourage
ment. that peanuts and the man who
eats them on the streets and Ia other
public places are a nuisance.
The abrupt way taken by this editor
to deal with this matter is unfair. 1t
is true that the person who eats pea
nuts In public places. making an un-
pleasant noise and throwing the hulls
promlscuo0sly around him. makes
himself disagreeable. nuisance. II you
please. But this fact should not con-
denim peanuts. II some one should
pour a bucket Of water over you and
completely wet you and your clothing.
would sou, for that reason, condemn
water You know that water is OF
great value when properly used
Peanuts are OF large value when
properly used. They are among the
richest OF foods and they are econom-
ical as 10 first cost and In regard to
preparation. In nutritive value, they
rank with the meat foods and with
cheese.
Their desirability as a food becomes
known only after giving them a regu-
lar place among other foods on the
table. Many people have not acquired
a proper relish for peanuts because
they have only eaten them between
meals when there was little appetite
and when the conditions we're unfavor-
able for digestion. Some people who
have never eaten peanuts at regular
meals are under the impression that
they are difficult to digest. Many foods
are difficult 70 digest when eaten be-
tween meals This IL because It Is not
the proper time to bring the digestive
organs into action.
Furthermore. peanuts are 50 rich
that some persons cannot readily d.
gest them unless eaten in limited
quantity and in combination with
lighter food. The same Is true Of
cheese. Il Is well known that the
latter Is so much concentrated that
only a small amount should be eaten
az a time and in combination with a
larger quantity Of light food.
During several months we have
used peanuts on the table instead Of
eating them between meals or at pic
mics or at the circus or Fourth OF July
celebration. We buy them baked. sew
eral quarts at a time. and keep some
in a bowl on the table. The children
and grown people eat as many as they
wish during the course Of the meal;
but nobody Is allowed to taste them
away from the table. In this way. no
one Is apt to eat too many and the
eating is at a time and In the manner
most favorable to good digestion.
This Is a good way to use peanuts.
and they should not be condemned un-
til thus tried. We have found them
good and economical food.
They should be baked only until
well dried and not until they are
scorched. Sometimes. after baking,
they absorb moisture and become soft
This can be corrected BY setting the
vessel containing them on some warm,
not hot. part Of the stove while pre-
pairing a meal. This slow warming
they as they we're after the
first baking. They may be brought to
the table in the pods or shelled. Some
people like to have them buttered and
salted while warm.
Please heed what have said against
eating too much at a time Of this rich
food