Hutchinson gazette., 1901-03-28
NUTS USED AS FOOD.
Uncle Sam suggests That More o.
Them lie Eaten. Immense GUAM
tltIcs of Nuts Consumed in
KuFOUg,

Uncle Sam has In his employ at the
prestnt time u corps OF sclentlhc eN'
pelts whose business ~ Is TO s1udy
foods, and to advise American house
wives as 10 lihe most economioal m0de
of illlmg the family mNrckt basket,
cost and nourlshmcEb being jointly
considered, says,he Boston iranfcrp"
These dlcteJc shJrps are anxious 20
persuade the people 10 eat more nuts,
which, while approaching Che gradns
In food value are decidedly cheap, or,
I'm the cnse Of some KINDS, would soon
become 20 If attention was paid TO
cuhyUtIng them, In European coun-
tries, particularly France ANA ItNlN
chcstnuOs and ether such tree seeds
are consumed In large qmn'liiies by
the masses Of the population, largely
because they are inexpensive, and
there is no reason why they should be
loNked upon In the United states
merely az q luNury for occasional
use. During the year Of 1899 we im-
ported O,O51i27 pounds Of almonds,
valued Ot ~ l,222,jS1 as well as SO95,iN9
wcrth of cCcoanuls, aud SSiOl6O wo.th
of various other kinds OF nuts,
Thus 70 appears that even the nwtS
we cG' are largely lrcugd, from abr ad
though nearly all Of them might he
produced very easily In this country
IL will not be long before all the CO.
coanuts we consume are grown en-
our own land, lnnsmuch as many
plantations of them have been set out
in FlorIdn Wllhm the last few years,
and already there mrc 100000 of the
growing trees IN that stWlc, about ten
pcr cent, uf Hhrm bearing now Ma
tuWlly, Porto Rico will furnish large
au.g lties u coconnuts for use In tho
United States, where the demand for
the frmIt Is steadily increasing.
Dried and shredded cocounut Is u
very Important article of commence,
and ~ vast amount of II Is
already used in this country
The meat Of the fresh fruit
is both pulutablc and nutritious, while
the milk iced, Is most delicious
drink, Grated, the meat enters into
the composition Olhc famous East
India condlmcnt, curry, whlle from
the oil is made u beautiful butter
which Is frsling IL, way to the tables
of the poor as substitute for oleo-
margarine. When small and green,
the nuts are powdered for medicinal
use, being mixed with the Cll of the
ripe nut for II healing ointment The
nalk contains about half as much fat
us cows milk,
Chcstnuts are cuDtiya,tcd on "a great
scale in Europe,pOrliculOrly IN France
where the chief morning dish for a
large part of the working class Is n
preparation mndo by stcnmlng the
shcllcd NUTS and cooliing Them with
milk and suIlt the mixture being sold
hot ON the streets, Also these nuts
are dried and ground ITO flour, which
may br keIb ror quite a while, and
which, when mixed with water and
| baked in thin sheets affords a. sweet
and nutritious cake An excellent
soup is made from chcstnuts, which
| arr likewise used US a stuilng Tor
birds and sometimes boiled ana
dipped in syrup for n conserve. There
is German dish Of chCsmulS baked
with rAsina and by tn" well TO do
they are utilized for various Adcdisb"
es esteemed as luXurcs. In Italy they
are substituted for corn meal in q
kind of porhdge called "polcutl," of
which the poorer classes are extreme
ly fond,ond among the Apprentices HAT
cakes of the -four, mixed with wa
tier, ARE cooked between hot stones,
Experiments made by the govern
merit experts pJint to the conclusion
that nuts generally speaking, are not
indigcstibc, despite the popular Inn
prcs,gln to the contrary, Vhcy are
AMT TO b" mmchcd at odd hours and
on top Of hearty meals, when the di'
ges'ivc organs have already been SuIli-
cicntly NaNcd, and In llhiS way they
have acquired an undeScred rcpuia-
tion for unwholesomeness, Most nuts
contain very little water much fat,
and only Il snail percentage Of starch,
| but Ito this rule the chCStnut is not
able exception, being nearly half wa
ter and Ahou - per cent, starch and
per cent, fat
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