Peanuts contain raw starch and therefore must be cooked
before they are disgestible. They can be parched as roasted pea-
nuts, or they may be prepared as are the peas and beans. The
same pleasant flavor does not develop, however, when they are
cooked in the latter way.
Peanuts are a highly concentrated food and should be
thoroughly broken up before reaching the stomach. This may
be accomplished by thorough mastication, or by chopping or
grinding. When a food substance reaches the stomach in a state
of fine division, it is more quickly digested and more thoroughly
utilized.
References
Farmers' Bvlletin:
''The Peanut." No. 431.
"xMuts and Their Uses as Food." No. 332.
University of Texas Bulletin:
"The Use of the Peanut on the Home Table." No. 13.
Bulletin issued by W. R. Beattie (Agricultural Commissioner
Cotton Belt Railway), "Peanuts."
Farm and Ranch, Oct. 4, 1913.
"The Rise of the Lowly Peanut."
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin:
"Nuts as Food." No. 54.
Lesson PlxVN.
Teacher's Aim: ,
To impress the dietetic value of the peanut on the home table.
Pupil's Aim:
To study its use and preparation for the table.
Simple Courses in Home Economics
109
Leading questions in the lesson:
How many raise peanuts at home? Why do you raise them?
In what ways may peanuts be used? Are they a valuable food
substance for the home table ? Give diagram. Study the dia-
gram.
PEANUT
(not a true nut)
PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION
.25.8
J
FROTEIN
^8.6
. FAT
J
^o
mm
CARBOHYDRATES. A5H. WATER,
Compare the peanut with the potato ; with egg ; with rice.
What other foods are similar to the peanut ? Do you need meat
when the peanut is used? Many think it is indigestible. How
do you account for this? How would you roast the peanuts?
How are the peanuts ground or crushed?
The following is a simple method of making peanut butter:
The peanuts should be roasted before or after shelling, but
in either case the oven should be only moderately hot, and the
peanuts stirred frequently. After roasting, rub off the skins.
In grinding use the finest plate on the grinder, and screw up
the tension until the crank is quite hard to turn. If the pulp
is too coarse after one grinding, it may be run through a second
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time. It will not be necessary to add anything but a little salt
to the butter, but if desired the butter may be thinned by the
addition of a little olive oil or peanut oil. The peanut butter
made this way will, if kept in a cool place, keep several weeks,
but will not keep indefinitely. There are on the market grind-
ers made especially for preparing peanut butter. These grind-
ers do not crush so many of the oil cells in the peanut, and the
butter keeps fresh a longer time.
Related Work.
Agriculture:
Raise peanuts in the school garden.
Aritlimetic :
Make out recipes required to serve all of the pupils of your
room with any of the following recipes. Determine the cost
for all and for the individual serving.
EnglisTi :
Read Mr. Beattie's bulletin on the peanut, the history and
the origin of the peanut.
Write up note book and recipes.
Write composition on the value of the peanut as food.
Spelling:
Learn to spell and define all new words used in the lesson.
Recipes.
Peanut Chops.
6 slices bread — cut in shape desired;
Spread each slice with
2-3 T. peanut butter; ✪ Peanut Sandwiches
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Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Peanuts contain raw starch and therefore must be cooked before they are disgestible. They can be parched as roasted peanuts, or they may be prepared as are the peas and beans. The same pleasant flavor does not develop, however, when they are cooked in the latter way.
Peanuts are a highly concentrated food and should be thoroughly broken up before reaching the stomach. This may be accomplished by thorough mastication, or by chopping or grinding. When a food substance reaches the stomach in a state of fine division, it is more quickly digested and more thoroughly utilized.
References
Farmers' Bulletin:
''The Peanut." No. 431.
"Nuts and Their Uses as Food." No. 332. University of Texas Bulletin:
"The Use of the Peanut on the Home Table." No. 13. Bulletin issued by W. R. Beattie (Agricultural Commissioner
Cotton Belt Railway), "Peanuts." Farm and Ranch, Oct. 4, 1913.
"The Rise of the Lowly Peanut." Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin:
"Nuts as Food." No. 54.
Lesson Plan. Teacher's Aim: ,
To impress the dietetic value of the peanut on the home table.
Pupil's Aim:
To study its use and preparation for the table.
Simple Courses in Home Economics
Leading questions in the lesson:
How many raise peanuts at home? Why do you raise them? In what ways may peanuts be used? Are they a valuable food substance for the home table ? Give diagram. Study the diagram.
PEANUT
(not a true nut)
PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION
.25.8
J FROTEIN
^8.6
. FAT
J
^o
mm
CARBOHYDRATES. A5H. WATER,
Compare the peanut with the potato ; with egg ; with rice. What other foods are similar to the peanut ? Do you need meat when the peanut is used? Many think it is indigestible. How do you account for this? How would you roast the peanuts? How are the peanuts ground or crushed?
The following is a simple method of making peanut butter: The peanuts should be roasted before or after shelling, but in either case the oven should be only moderately hot, and the peanuts stirred frequently. After roasting, rub off the skins. In grinding use the finest plate on the grinder, and screw up the tension until the crank is quite hard to turn. If the pulp is too coarse after one grinding, it may be run through a second
110 Bulletin of the University of Texas
time. It will not be necessary to add anything but a little salt to the butter, but if desired the butter may be thinned by the addition of a little olive oil or peanut oil. The peanut butter made this way will, if kept in a cool place, keep several weeks, but will not keep indefinitely. There are on the market grinders made especially for preparing peanut butter. These grinders do not crush so many of the oil cells in the peanut, and the butter keeps fresh a longer time.
Related Work. Agriculture:
Raise peanuts in the school garden.
Aritlimetic :
Make out recipes required to serve all of the pupils of your room with any of the following recipes. Determine the cost for all and for the individual serving.
EnglisTi :
Read Mr. Beattie's bulletin on the peanut, the history and the origin of the peanut.
Write up note book and recipes.
Write composition on the value of the peanut as food.
Spelling:
Learn to spell and define all new words used in the lesson.
Recipes.
Peanut Chops.
6 slices bread — cut in shape desired;
Spread each slice with 2-3 T. peanut butter;
Records on this page
Peanut SandwichesPeanut Chops