How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption: (Illustrated)

The Most Versatile List of Peanut Recipes

The recipes were published as part of Tuskegee Institute Extension Bulletin #31 (Seventh Edition, January 1940). First edition, 1925. Carver, Director of the Experimental Station, is cited as the author.

George W. Carver

George Washington Carver 1864 – January 5, 1943), was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he was born into slavery in Missouri, either in 1861, or January 1864.
Carver's reputation is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes, which also aided nutrition for farm families. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops both as a source of their own food and as a source of other products to improve their quality of life. The most popular of his 44 practical bulletins for farmers contained 105 food recipes using peanuts.  He also developed and promoted about 100 products made from peanuts that were useful for the house and farm, including cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics, gasoline, and nitroglycerin. He received numerous honors for his work, including the Spingarn Medal of the NAACP.