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Whohasn'tenjoyedeatingpeanuts?Didyouknowthatalthoughpeanutslooklikenutsandtastelikenuts
theyaren'tnutsatall?Theybelongtothepeafamilysotheyarecalledpeanuts.Thepeanutgrowsflowers
abovegroundbutits"fruit"growsunderground.Itgrowsinmorecountriesthanmostother"nuts".
ThepeanutisanativeSouthAmericanplant.ScientistsbelievethatitgrewwildinBrazillongago.They
thinkthatforseveralthousandyearstheearlypeoplesofSouthAmericamadeitapartoftheirdiet.These
peopleswerenomadswhomovedonwhenanaturalfoodcouldnolongerbefoundinonearea.Alongtheway
theyprobablyletfallsomepeanutswhichgotintothegroundandgrew.Thisisbelievedtobethewaytheplant
reachedtheplacewheretheIncas(印加人)lived.TheIncasfromabout1100to1532thoughthighlyof
peanuts.Thepeanutswereeateninseveralformsandusedassacrificialofferings(祭品)totheIncanSun
God.Laterinthe16thcenturyEuropeansoldiershadbroughtpeanutstootherpartsoftheworldincluding
NorthAmericaAfricaAsiaEuropeandPacificIslands.
AlthoughpeanutswerefoundnativeinSouthAmericatheyarenowgrowninalmosteverycountrythat
haswarmweather.Indiaproducesthemostpeanuts.China'sproductionisnextfollowedbytheUnitedStates.
Thepeanutisspecialinmorewaysthanone.Itcanbeeatenrawboiledroastedorfried.Hundredsof
widelydifferentproductshavebeenmadefromit.CarveranAmericanscientistsethimselfthetaskof
discoveringnewusesforeatingandformanyotherproducts.
Peanutsareveryhighlynutritiousandarealsohighinprotein(蛋白质).Americansuseabout
seven-tenthsoftheirproteinintheformofmeat.InIndiawherethepoorcan'tpayformeatormilkpeanut
mealandpeanutmilkhavebeenproduced.Thesehavebeenagreathelptothepoor.
Newproductsarecontinuallybeingmadefrompeanutsamongthempeanutcheeseandapowderthat
becomespeanutbutterwhenwaterisadded.Thefactisthatpeanutsaresohealthythattheywereusedby
astronauts.Theunusualnutthatisn'tanutisoneofnature'smostama
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