Microwave: Mug O'Peanut Omelet -- An Introduction to George Washington Carver

From tragic beginnings, George Washington Carver became a noted botanist who promoted various agricultural methods and new cash crops like the peanut and sweet potato that helped save the American agricultural economy in the 1930s.

 

This is the first of several peanut recipes, I will attempt to adapt based on Carver's recipes published by Experimental Station, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Tuskegee Institute Press in BULLETIN NO. 31 June 1925 (Revised from the original publication of April, 1918).

(Retrieved 6/2/2019 from: https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit-nut/carver-peanut/)

 

 

Original Recipe

"NO. 44, PEANUT OMELET
Cream a slice of bread in half a cup of rich milk; beat the whites and yolks of two eggs separately; add the yolks to the bread crumbs and milk; to half a cup of finely ground peanuts add a dash of pepper and salt; mix thoroughly; fold in the whites, and cook as usual in a buttered pan."

My Version is below.

Mug O’Peanut Omelet (Bread Pudding)
(Adapted from: How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption Seventh Edition, January 1940, By George W. Carver, M.S. in AGR., Director, No. 44, Peanut Omelet)

 

 

Ingredients:

Olive oil
2-3 Drops Hot sauce
Ground Black pepper to taste
A Dollop Milk
1 Egg
1 Slice Bread, multigrain, torn into pieces
1 TBspn Crunchy Peanut Butter or Smooth Peanut Butter

1/2 Tspn Crushed peanuts (Optional)

 

Process:

Add oil to mug, swirl to coat bottom and sides of mug.
Add hot sauce and milk.
Add black pepper.
Add egg.
Stir and whip thoroughly.
Add bread pieces.
Stir and mix to make sure bread is soaked in liquid.
Add peanut butter.

Add crushed peanuts (optional).
Stir and mix thoroughly.
Cover and Microwave on high for 2 minutes.

 

Came out pretty good. For me, because it was a bit sweet, I think of it as a dessert.

 

 

For more information about George Washington Carver:

 

George Washington Carver -- Biography.com
https://www.biography.com/scientist/george-washington-carver

George Washington Carver
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carver/aa_carver_subj.html

George Washington Carver -- ACS
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/carver.html

 

George Washington Carver -- The State Historical Society of Missouri

https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/c/carver/index.html#referenc

George Washington Carver -- National Agricultural Library

https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/carver/

George Washington Carver -- Peanut Products

https://www.tuskegee.edu/support-tu/george-washington-carver/carver-peanut-products

George Washington Carver -- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver

 

(Source: https://www.tuskegee.edu/support-tu/george-washington-carver/carver-peanut products)

Easy Peasy Peanut Butter Mousse

Updated 1/9/21

 

As I peruse the peanut recipes created by George Washington Carver, a noted Botanist, who promoted new agricultural methods and cash crops like the peanut and sweet potato to assist farmers in the South, I found his recipe for Peanut Frappe below which I find similar to my Easy Peasy Peanut Butter Mousse.

 

Source:

 

How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, Seventh Edition, January 1940


By GEORGE W. CARVER, M.S. in AGR., Director

 

"5. Peanut Frappe

Make one pint of good gelatin; set aside to harden.
Stir 1 cup of granulated sugar into one pint of whipped cream;
when the gelatin is just at the point of setting, stir into the whipped cream by beating it with a fork;
add 3/4 cup of peanut meal;
serve in sherbert glasses with fresh or preserved fruit."

 

Slowly, I am discovering the fun and many uses of yogurt and peanut butter in various recipes.

Easy Peasy Peanut Butter Mousse
(Adapted from: https://eatsmartmovemoreva.org/recipes/yogurt-peanut-butter-dip/)

Ingredients:

3 heaping TBspns creamy peanut butter

5 TBspns plain yogurt

1 Capful vanilla flavoring

Optional:

Garnish: fruit slices or berries

Topping: Cinnamon 

 

Process:

 

Add peanut butter into a bowl.

Add yogurt and vanilla. 

Mix well until smooth. 

If a thicker mousse is desired, add more peanut butter. 

If a thinner mousse or dip is desired, add more yogurt.

 

Serve in a small dessert bowl.

Add garnish and cinnamon.

 

 

References: 

 

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension

https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit-nut/carver-peanut

 

Miami New Times Blogs
Top 5 George Washington Carver Peanut Recipes
(Accessed 2/10/2010)

 

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