El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-15
NUTS AS FOOD ARE BETTER
THAN BEEFSTEAK AND ONIONS
Lowly Peanut Found To Be Richer in Nutrment Than the
Best Roast.

districts of Tuscany. There the whole
nuts are eaten in variety of ways. both
cooked and raw. Early travellers and
explorers in this country found that
the indians used nuts as a staple food,
and in California certain tribes still
use ground acOrns and horse chestnuts
for flour. Flour of the latter, of course,
has 20 be bleached in order to remove
the bitter and poisonous principles.
Pecpns for Turkey Stufing.
The use of nuts IS an important in
gTadient in certain breakfast foods and
as a substitute for cCfee is familiar TO
the thrifty ouseT-Ie does not need
TO be told the delectable culinary
possibilitiee the pecan as a stuffing
for the vi urkey, and of the palata-
billy Of &c chestnut-filled goose,
while the lci-ic3 walnut is often re-
lied upon - quicken the appetite CT
the stated epicure.
1t probably will come as q surprise
TO most economic housewives however,
TO learn that as an energy producer
the insignificant peanut IS mere tian
six times as nutritious as the sane
arncunt OF poTterhoUse steak, meas1rri
- dollars and cents. Ten cents worth
& PEANUTS contains three times as
-
c. w1Oie milk. twice as much as ched-
c. cheese and nearly twice as much
as potatoes. Almonds, Brazil nuts,
chostnuts. hickory nuts and pecans all
exec --1--Crh ouSe steak as an economic
f7oi p-oduct,-in most cases by two To
one ana over.
Within re last few years the trade
al sheLed nuts has increased very
g~c al SheIied peanuts walnuts. pc
cans and Brazil nuts can be purchased
in most fruit stores. Some of the IN
shelled nuts. especially the pecan. are
often polished highly ami :he shells
worn quite thin. in order that Il high
price may be demanded for them. Many
efforts have also been made to lind a
bleach that would add to the attractive
appearance of the nut out most Of
those have been found unsatisfactory.
The use of the sulphur bath, for ex-
ample, bleached the shell beautifully.
but it injured the flavor or he kernel
very materially.
Shun the SheIIed mt.
From the standpoint of health the
shelled nut Is not as highly recon-
mended as the nut with its natural
easement, which prevents infection
from dust, bacteria and dirt So :hor-
oughly has the microbe idea rermcaied
our consciousness thai tae scientific
housewife now washes ali nuts before
they are cracked and servei, as il is
known that a dusty nut she'll will con-
taminate all the kernels with which It
comes in contact. Even rhe sheiled
kernels are frequently subjected 20 a
bath" before being eaten.
The beechnut has integra! assoCia-
tions with history and romance. PIiny
tells US that at the siege ~ Chios the
subsisted on the fruit of the beech Ger
many days. The tree itself has ever
been a favOrite PLACE on which TO
register challenges to enemies. cpl
taphs and initials OF loved ones, its
smooth gray bark furnishing excellent
writing material when sword or pen
knife is used as the stylus.
The mutability o. nut fame. like
:he human variety, is exerrplIfied in
re case of the fiber5 which does not
compare in popularity tolIv " III
many others but in the AuguS:an
era 1t enjoyed soUe of Romcs re-
fiected glory. for Virgil tells u that it