The honourable George Washington Carver on the peanut (astericks mine for emphasis)--

"AS A FOOD FOR MAN

"By reason of its superior food value, the peanut has become almost a
universal diet for man, and when we learn its real value, I think I am
perfectly safe in the assertion that it will not only become a prime
essential in every well-balanced dietary, but a real **necessity**.
Indeed, **I do not know of any one vegetable that has such a wide range of
food possibilities either raw or cooked**.

"Below are given 105 ways of preparing the peanuts for human consumption,
with the hope that every farmer will learn to appreciate them and raise
large quantities for his own consumption; and also with the hope that the
city folk will find the diet not only wholesome, satisfying, healthful and
appetizing, but very economical. Fourteen recipes were selected from this
number, and a five course luncheon served to ten food specialists; and
each one without exception was enthusiastic over it, and said it was the
most satisfying luncheon he or she had ever eaten.

"A glance at the table below is sufficient to impress anyone most favorably
with the superior value of the peanut as a food..."

This excerpt is taken from an important bulletin on growing the peanut and
preparing it for the table.  Find it here--

http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/recipes/peanutrecipes.html

Dr. Carver said that his concern was helping the
poor man fill the dinner pail.  His life is one worth examining.

I have, quite by accident, the spanish peanut that he mentions as the best
bearer.  Got it from the grocery store.  I looked at the ingredients,
"Spanish peanuts".  "Maybe they are alive," I thought.  Stuck 5 in the
ground on Friday.  Today, I have at least two strong peanut plants.

If you go to the healthfood store, you can purchase raw organic
vegetables, dry beans, etc. of things you like and

*bury them
*feed them
*water them
*harvest them
*preserve them.

Seeds are very important for protein and other nutrients.

I wrote you a more extensive email on this subject but lost it.

Dock and amaranth bear MANY seeds.  Some amaranth plants can yield ONE
POUND of seeds on a single plant.  Both of these grow wild.  I gathered
some dock seeds and purchased amaranth having looked for it wild for about
two years.  Amaranth is supposed to be highly nutritious and can be used
as a salad green through the summer.

Goodbye for now.  I have many more thoughts including something beautiful
that I want you to see.  "Graffing" is the Bible word I think of when I
hear "synthesis" and "hybrid".  Mr. Carver was a master of synthesis--and
he will tell you over and over again that it was by divine revelation.  I
understand his words.  He said no books ever go with him into the
laboratory.

Mephibosheth