Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-15

can as a stuffing for the wild turkey
and of the palatability of the chestnut
filled goose, while the picked walnut is
often relied upon to quicken the appetite
OF the stated epicure.
1t will probably come as a surprise to
most economic housewives, however. to
learn that as an
keanuC is ureat energy producer
Energy Producer. n"e me ,"s,snincan.
than six times as nutritious as the same
amount Of porterhouse steak. measured
in dollars and cents. Ten cents worth Of
peanuts contains three times as much
food energy as the same amount of whole
milk, twice as much as cheddar cheese
and nearly twice as much as potatoes.
Almonds, Brazil nuts. chestnuts, hickory
nuts and pecans all excel porterhouse
steak as an economic food product. in
most cases by two to one and over.
Within the last few years the trade in
shelled nuts has increased very greatly
Sheiled peanuts, walnuts, pecans and
braz1i nuts can be purchased in most
fruit stores. Some of the unshelled
nuts. especially the pecan. are often pol
ished highly, and the shells, worn ui,ite
thin, in order that a high price may be
demanded for them. Many efforts also
nave been made to fino bleach l,.at
would add to the attractive, appearance
OF the nut. but most of those have been
sulphur bath. for example. bleached the
sheel beautifully. but 1t injured the flavor
or the kernel very materially.
FROM the standpoint of health the
shelled nut Is not as highly recommended
as the nut with its natural easement,
which prevents infection from dust, bac-
fer1a and dirt. So thoroughly has the
m1crobe idea permeated our consciousness
mat the scientific housewife now washes
an nuts before they are cracked and
served, as 1T is known that a dusty nut
smell will contaminate all the kernels
with which 1t comes in contact Even
the sheiled kernels are frequently SUBJ
1ected to bath" before being eaten.
The Reechnut has integral associations
with history and romance. Pliny tells us
that at the Siege
Beechnut Spoken of of chios the UNI
in Early Writings fortunate ,a9,a 1t TN ,nha a
subsisted on the fruit of the beech for
many days. The tree itself has ever
been favorite place on which to regis
ter challenges to enemies, epitaphs and
initials of loved ones, It's smooth, gray
bark furnishing excellent writing ma
terial when sword or penknife is used
as the stylus.
The mutability of nut fame, like the
human variety, is exemplified in the case
Of the f1lbert, which does not compare
In popularity today with many others.
But in the Augustan era 1t enjoyed some
of Rome's reflected glory, for Virgil tells
us that 1t was more honored than the
vine, the myrtle or even the bay. Many
people still believe In the occult power OF
the hibert or hazel tree. A forked twig
is not fnfrequently employed by the ig-
norant as a divining rod for finding hid
den treasure, veins of precious metals,
subterranean streams of water and even
for detecting criminals.
-.
The English, French. Italian and Ma
deira walnuts are all descended from the
Persian walnut
Source Of Walnuts trees which grew
Traced to Persia. ~. 1 r.. Tss 80. %
They were introduced into Italy in the
first century OF the Christian era by the
Emperor vitellius. and then were called
juglandes, or nuts Of Jove. AS boys were
employed by the Romans to knock the
nuts from the ITeeSs II became custom
at a marriage for the bride and BRIDE
groom to scatter nuts among the children
to indicate tt at the bridegroom renounced
all boyish smusements henceforth, and
that the bride was no longer a votary of
the virgin goddess, Diana. 1t is quite
probable that the French word for nup-
tials, des noces, comes from this ancient
custom Of De Nuce, the title Of one of
Ovids poems.
The culture of the juglandes extended
from Italy to Gaul France), hence the
earlier name. Gaul nut, was corrupted to
walnut by the English. The ancients be-
lieved that this nut would cure hydro
phobia- The walnut timber is highly
priced today for furniture. but more es-
pecially for gun stocks A single tree in
England has been known to bring as
much as 5000.
The betel nut, native of the East In
dies. Is put to uses entirely different from
the nuts of highly civilized countries. It
is universally used among the Malayan
races as a sort Of tobacco, its juice hav-
ing a stimulating quality.
TOmOProW-PENS> AND PENCII.S.