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Cultivated peanuts, a legume rather than a true nut, are native to the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes. The origin of peanut butter can be traced back to the Aztecs, who ground roasted peanuts into a paste.[2] A number of peanut paste products have been used over the centuries and the distinction between peanut paste and peanut butter is not always clear in ordinary use. Modern processing machines allow for very smooth products to be made, which often include vegetable oils to aid in its spreadability.
Canadian Marcellus Gilmore Edson (February 7, 1850 – March 6, 1940) of Montreal, Quebec was the first to patent peanut butter, in 1884. Peanut flour already existed. 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 so as to harden its consistency.
Edson, a chemist (pharmacist), developed the idea of peanut paste as a delicious and nutritious staple for people who could hardly chew on solid food, a not uncommon state back in those days. Peanut paste was initially sold for six cents per pound.[3]
Edson was issued United States patent #306727[4] in 1884. The patent describes a process of milling roasted peanuts until the peanuts reached "a fluid or semi-fluid state".
John Harvey Kellogg was issued a patent for a "Process of Producing Alimentary Products" in 1898[5] and used peanuts, although he boiled the peanuts rather than roasting them. Kellogg served peanut butter to the patients at his Battle Creek Sanitarium.[6] Other makers of modern peanut butter include George Bayle, a snack-food maker in St. Louis, Missouri, who was making peanut butter with roasted peanuts as early as 1894, and George Washington Carver, who is often mistakenly credited as the inventor due to his extensive work in cultivating peanut crops and disseminating recipes.
Early peanut-butter-making machines were developed by Joseph Lambert, who had worked at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium, and Ambrose Straub.[7]
January 24 is National Peanut Butter Day in the United States.[8]
Cultivated peanuts, a legume rather than a true nut, are native to the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes. The origin of peanut butter can be traced back to the Aztecs, who ground roasted peanuts into a paste.[2] A number of peanut paste products have been used over the centuries and the distinction between peanut paste and peanut butter is not always clear in ordinary use. Modern processing machines allow for very smooth products to be made, which often include vegetable oils to aid in its spreadability.
Canadian Marcellus Gilmore Edson (February 7, 1850 – March 6, 1940) of Montreal, Quebec was the first to patent peanut butter, in 1884. Peanut flour already existed. 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 so as to harden its consistency.
Edson, a chemist (pharmacist), developed the idea of peanut paste as a delicious and nutritious staple for people who could hardly chew on solid food, a not uncommon state back in those days. Peanut paste was initially sold for six cents per pound.[3]
Edson was issued United States patent #306727[4] in 1884. The patent describes a process of milling roasted peanuts until the peanuts reached "a fluid or semi-fluid state".
John Harvey Kellogg was issued a patent for a "Process of Producing Alimentary Products" in 1898[5] and used peanuts, although he boiled the peanuts rather than roasting them. Kellogg served peanut butter to the patients at his Battle Creek Sanitarium.[6] Other makers of modern peanut butter include George Bayle, a snack-food maker in St. Louis, Missouri, who was making peanut butter with roasted peanuts as early as 1894, and George Washington Carver, who is often mistakenly credited as the inventor due to his extensive work in cultivating peanut crops and disseminating recipes.
Early peanut-butter-making machines were developed by Joseph Lambert, who had worked at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium, and Ambrose Straub.[7]
January 24 is National Peanut Butter Day in the United States.[8]
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Every so often I use one of my weekly edutainment columns to highlight just this kind of "forgotten" history.
For example, Play-Doh was originally a wallpaper cleanser. You'd stick it to your wallpaper to get the coal soot off of it. When coal fell out of favor as a means of heating houses, the inventor's nephew pointed out that a female acquaintance - a school teacher - was using it as an art supply. One slight reformulation later, and a cleaning supply became a kids' toy.
Hopefully stuff like this can get people more interested in studying history for themselves.
For example, Play-Doh was originally a wallpaper cleanser. You'd stick it to your wallpaper to get the coal soot off of it. When coal fell out of favor as a means of heating houses, the inventor's nephew pointed out that a female acquaintance - a school teacher - was using it as an art supply. One slight reformulation later, and a cleaning supply became a kids' toy.
Hopefully stuff like this can get people more interested in studying history for themselves.
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