Posted by Tegan James on 02-01-2018
Today marks the beginning of Black History Month, and I noticed the name George Washington Carver kept popping up on Twitter in reference to “the peanut man”.
So, Who is the Peanut man? George Washington Carver, American botanist and inventor, became known as the “Peanut man” although he didn’t invent peanut butter.
According to an article published by The Huffpost, The History of Peanut Butter , peanut butter actually dates back to the Aztecs, who would mash roasted peanuts into a paste – not quite what we know of peanut butter today.
So why is George Washington Carver known as the “peanut man”? While he didn’t invent peanut butter, he did invent over 300 uses for the peanut! Carver invented ways to use peanuts in recipes, animal feed, colorants, paper and more.
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“George Washington Carver, 1864?–1943, American agricultural chemist, b. Diamond, Mo., grad. Iowa State
College (now Iowa State Univ.; B.S., 1894; M.A. 1896). Born a slave, he later, as a free man, earned his college
degree. In 1896 he joined the staff of Tuskegee Institute as director of the department of agricultural research,
retaining that post the rest of his life. His work won him international repute. Carver's efforts to improve the
economy of the South (he dedicated himself especially to bettering the position of African Americans) included
the teaching of soil improvement and of diversification of crops. He discovered hundreds of uses for the
peanut, the sweet potato, and the soybean and thus stimulated the culture of these crops. He devised many
products from cotton waste and extracted blue, purple, and red pigments from local clay. From 1935 he was a
collaborator of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Carver contributed his life savings to a foundation for research at
Tuskegee. In 1953 his birthplace was made a national monument.” –Questia.com
DID YOU KNOW? George Washington Carver invented ways
peanuts can be used to make soap, face creams, axle grease,
insecticides, glue, medicines and charcoal?
- Joseph Rosefield was a California food businessman who invented modern, nonseparating peanut butter in 1922 – 1923.
- In 1884 Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Canada (Montreal), a chemist, patented a process to create peanut paste in 1884, the finished product from milling roasted peanuts between two heated surfaces. His cooled product had "a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment", according to his patent application. He included the mixing of sugar into the paste to harden its consistency.[1]
- In 1895 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (the creator of Kellogg’s cereal) patented a process for creating peanut butter from raw peanuts. He marketed it as a nutritious protein substitute for people who didn't have teeth and who weren't able to chew meat.
- In 1903, Dr. Ambrose Straub of St. Louis, Missouri (United States), patented a peanut-butter-making machine.
Have You Ever Made Your Own Homemade Peanut Butter?
Did you know you creating peanut butter requires only two ingredients
(peanuts and salt!) and it can be made in just a few simple steps?
1. Spread peanuts evenly onto a cookie sheet 2. Roast for 5 to 15 minutes 3. Add salt and blend in a food processor 4. Grind until it reaches your desired consistency 5. Scoop into a jar or plastic peanut butter container; enjoy!
Find the full recipe here: |
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