Today is a culmination of culinary delights. March is National Noodle Month, National Sauce Month, Peanut Month, and today is French Bread Day. The oldest noodle was discovered in China in 2005. Carbon dating placed them nearly 4000 years old. Sauces were first used by the Romans in 200 A.D. to disguise the food, allowing food that was beginning to spoil to be served for more meals. (more…)
The peanut plant likely originated in South America. Peanuts came to the United States from Spain, by way of Africa. There is some evidence that the Incas ground peanuts into a paste in the 15th century. Peanuts were first grown commercially in this country in the 1800s. Georgia is the largest peanut producer in the world.
While George Washington Carver is known as the father of the peanut industry, he did not invent peanut butter. His contribution to the industry is the cultivation of the peanut as an alternate to cotton production. By the time Dr. Carver had begun his research, peanut butter had already been invented. (more…)