On the Maritime History list (MARHST-L), peanut butter in Anglo-Saxon times
might have started an unprecedented thread on pre-Columbian crossings of the
Atlantic - Vikings sailing down the coast to South America, perhaps, or
early southerly crossings bringing the peanut to Africa, and thence to
England by Crusaders?
(It has just struck midnight here in London, and the milk curdled as my
familiar placed her paw on my mouse).
John Weiss
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: "buttermaker"
: In a message dated 5/7/2003 1:33:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
: [log in to unmask] writes:
:
:
: > I think we all need a reference for peanut butter in Anglo-Saxon times.
A
: > rare ms in the Library of Virginia, maybe?
: >
: > John Weiss
: >
:
: Well, all I could I fnd was the following website that says peanut butter
was
: invented in 1880 by a Dr. looking for a bland high protein food.
: http://www.peanutbutter.com/history.asp
:
: Regarding Anglo-Saxon times, the peanut is an "American" plant, probably
: Brazil/Peru, which like the tomato defies immediate categorization. I
found
: this online on its history, which indicates it is thought slaves brought
: plants, or they came with as cargo.
http://www.aboutpeanuts.com/infohis.html
:
: I make no claims as to the reliability of either website. The first is a
: Skippy website (despite it's generic domain name, etc.).
:
: Despite the fat content, peanut butter has alot more nutritional value
that
: other edibles in that fat range.
:
: I asked my mother (87, grew up in rural Missouri), about buttermaker,
which
: elicited churn and lengthy discussion already mentioned here regarding
: buttermilk. Saturday memory growing up (if my mother was not at home) is
my
: father eating sardines, sauerkraut and buttermilk. I can assure you as
: children it came a matter for teasing. Of the three, sardines are the
only
: item I have come to appreciate, though a cold sauerkraut salad can be
tasty.
:
: Janet (Baugh) Hunter
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