The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-31
SOME NUTS WORTHY OF NOTICE
In Which Nature Has Secreted Rich
land unpoliuted Elements for
Nourishment from Her Vari-
Gus Woodland Stores.


quantities OF nutriment in highly con-
centrateu form, and are chiefly composed
of the oils and prote:ds. On the other
hand, the succulent fruits contain large
percentage of water. very little protein.
valuable salts. almost no fats and vary
ing quantities of starch and sugar. One
marked feature of nuts in general is the
large proportion of oily matter contained
in them. This fat is similar in character
TO cream The profusion of this fat con-
bined with the heterogeneous elements in
that they contain more elements OF nour-
the nuts give them 4 food value ranking
very high and some Psychologists assert
that they contain more elements OF nour-
ishment than meat and butter combined.
Although the edible nuts have long been
known and a natural liking for them is
almost universal, they have not been con-
sidered in the light OF a necessary food
for man, but rather as one of the agree
able accessories with which TO round out
bounteous meal In this way they have
been made to serve the same purpose in
cur dietary as cheese on the dinner menu
Ito act simply as a digest. While nuts
should be eaten in certain moderation at
to overtax the digestive powers-they
should be made TO serve a very different
purpose than melting the digestive func-
tons to unnecessary labor.
Their solid. concentrated form of nutri-
ent principles renders their disintegration
by the gastric juices a very slow process
as well as a difficult one when they are
eaten in the usual way. Unless they can
be reduced to the consistency OF cream
in mastication, or at least reduced TO
very, very fine particles, they leave too
much work for the digestion The pro-
pensity TO bolt food and the short time
allowed for digestion in the hurry of
modern business life. make the nut in its
natural state a very bad food. But by
milling them a moderate amount of labor
only. is left for the Inner man TO per-
form and they are admirably adapted
if eaten at the proper time for a suesti-
tute for animal food. BY grinding or
milling the nuts the digestive juices are
enabled to penetrate the particles quickly.
as the nuts are rendered quite soft and
none of the flavor is lost.
The large quantity of oil contained in
all nuts and their very distinctive fiavors
made them admirable additions 20 the
cereal foods, which are rattle rdefcient in
both these principles. There is no ques-
ton that nature designed both nuts and
cereals for winter food fsr man as well
as beast Add TO this list the fruits. fresh
and dried. and few green vegetables
and we have supplied everything that is
necessary to live on. and food that IS
comparatively cheap. The only question
is how to prepare these foods so that
they will be perfectly digestibie and IN
the right proportion. The value OF food
depending on the amount absorbed by the
system and made available for immediate
or future use in the human economy.
While the normal digestive functions
must not be relieved OF the necessary
amount " labor-and they will soon take
advantage of too great indulgence in this
way-ft must be remembered that the
modern active individuals are in too great
a hurry to eat slowly and thoroughly
masticate their food" and therefore al
most the same amount OF artificial pre-
digestion is necessary for them as for
those whose stomachs have lost the pow
er of doing the proper amount or work
required In digesting ordinary diet Such
wonderfully nourishing foods as cheese
and nuts can be robbed of their obJec-
tionable feature and made perfectly IL
gestibie for those who have a sedentary
sfe but are brain-active. But for such.
these foods must be changed in form by
grating and grinding sd reduced TO par
ticies finer than cracked wheat
Variety in the Composition Of Nuts.
II nut not be imagined for a moment
that all nuts alike are inDcmfwy sphrdio
that all nuts are alike in composition.
The nut-eatine animal viii teach you that
ia the list OF available fruits from when
IL selects its bill OF fare it obtains the
whole range OF elements in very different
proportions to suit natural demands. and
a variety of Aavors TO make his nut diet
always palatsble-
The peanut il perhaps he most impor-
tant nut product We have IN this country.
Both the production and consumption Of
this nut has grown to enormous proper
tions-not so much as food uecs ssity.
which should be the case. bat for some
thing for the pleasure 90 seeking pu0-
lie 20 keep busy with when seeking recre-
alton and rest from toll. The digestive
crgans Of these unthinking people work
harder on such occasions than at any
other time and generally have their re-
venge later on.
The peanut is comparatively cheap. as
IL contains most of the elements 10 ssIs-
tain Mfe. Il IL great fsvorite. very pals-
table and when combined with cereals
and fruits furnishes deiectabie Diet
This nut Is almost too concentrated a
food 90 DC eaten alone. tt largest IN
gredsent - oil OF which II contains about
fifty per cent In addition IL has CONSIDER
bic gum. witch - equal tn food value %
sfarcn. mineral matters in fair proSor-
ton and very little waste material co-u-
pared 20 tie uitroEen0us Tart q the mt
which amounts 70 az least tveatg-fcgr
Ter cent;
The Chestnut. which = ciose rival -
. popular American nut. = -eTT Different
in it, composition from ether aEts. az r
contains greater amount q starch ard
ve-y at;le oil o. TAT. u might vsrs pFrr-
CRY % incluesss amongst THE brad
sta1s and - rlost inSssesfibis 81 its
fresh. uaeookeG Etz;r u Is ruura
Sosrcer nat iEsz tfr pant s-c there
fore ~ lsks0y 70 become cheap or ccra-
nsoz food
sncrz our native frusts re hzss IN
hickory nut. rhich = th- essoscsEf
4 - rich n Gil TerV sweet s1t g'sizaao,s
ard So Seiicicess nz-o-. corustz~d w.
other r-ase-tzfs. Aft to particular cisA
% xhsch :. 10 rsrz- FAR ztTss ss< cprt-
--c-Vsace. nezr r-isti,5 - tse h'eto-T
~ : TIE ssczn. e-zt zs.se 80 ns.-
neat = e-4cs ~ sssn = rery h,ft<-
s-d 1zsesz sTsry Pzr;lrie = czref1sis -
moved. makes the ~, Erssiass.4e
n hzze. 81 elaerst are ~ ssrtf