Where Do Cacahuates Come From?

Cacahuate (ca - ca - WA - tay) is the Spanish word for peanut.

And I still can't get over the fact that they grow underground.  We saw the evidence yesterday afternoon in this peanut crop near our Alabama RV resort.

I've been walking about 7k every day on the country roads surrounding our RV park and I pass several peanut fields along the way.  The crop below was all bushy green plants a few days ago, but now it looks like this:

A peanut harvester plucked all the peanut plants out of the ground and left them to dry in the Alabama sun.

Peanut tidbits:

• a healthy peanut plant will yield 35 to 50 peanuts
• it takes 540 peanuts to make a 12 ounce jar of peanut butter
• there are enough peanuts in one acre to make 30,000 pb sandwiches
• Marcellus Edson of Montreal was the first person to patent peanut butter in 1884
• 2 peanut farmers were elected US president; Thomas Jefferson & Jimmy Carter
• peanuts have more protein, niacin, folate and phytosterols than any other nut
• your kid will probably eat 1,500 pb & j sandwiches by age 18

Comments

[Mave]

I remember you didn't believe me when I said that peanuts were not a nut but a legume and grew in the ground. Now you've seen it! They are harvesting the cotton out here and the dust is not nice.
Mike has caught a cold somewhere and is not feeling good at all. I just had him take an advil. Hope that will help.
Your pics and your park look very nice. We are a block away from the main train route so it's not too quiet at this park but it is cheap. I think I'll do some laundry today. ciao for now,
the outlaws

[Terry]

PB sandwiches are still one of my favorites! Interesting tidbits and photos. Peanuts are actually a legume, not a nut at all.

Safe Travels,

Terry

[Jacq]

Rats! My youngest kid won't eat bread so has never had a p.b. sandwich. Plus they're not allowed to have them at school anyway due to nut allergies. The oldest though - p.b. fiend!

[kelsi]

Mavey - Tell Outlaw Pa to get better quick... I heard a rumour that the ice cold Tecate is waiting for him!

[kelsi]

Hi Terry (of the famous Traveling Terry and Martha Duo)
My Fella is a huge peanut butter fiend and is now trying to convince me that the 8 servings of veggies I shove down his throat every day can be replaced by peanuts and peanut butter ... cause it's a legume/vegetable :)

[kelsi]

jjolie - your youngest won't eat bread? ANY bread? How about a hamburger bun ... or pizza crust? Fresh baked buns? Is it a medical thing or just a phase?