Excerpt from The Uses of the Peanut on the Home TableThe peanut is not a nut. We have too often thought of the peanut as a part of' the circus or street parade, and have been misled by the latter half of its name and used it as we would nuts. The peanut is not a nut. It is a pea, and belongs to the same family as the common pea and bean. The term nut was applied to it on account of its ¿avor, which is similar to that of many of the true nuts. The object of this bulletin is to point out the true food value of the peanut and to show how it can be used in our dietary.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.