What are peanuts?
Peanut is a product of the end bush formally known as arachis hypogaea . Despite their name, peanuts are not really nuts, they are legumes. In most culinary uses, peanuts are classified as nuts, because they behave more as nuts in the kitchen than other legumes such as lentils and beans. People with allergies to nuts are particularly important, because many individuals with allergies can safely eat peanuts. On the contrary, people who are allergic to peanuts can often eat nuts. Peanuts are still grown in South America, as in Africa and warmer mild countries in Europe, such as Spain. The plant is classified as annual and produces peanuts once before death. It has simple green leaves and small yellow flowers on long stems. Here is a place where things start to start for peanut plants.
As the stems grow, they begin to knock on the ground. When the pods begin to form, they are slowly enforced underground, eventually ripening under the land, which must beThe farmers to dig up the mesh, tanned colored pods up. It is possible that peanuts have developed this growth habit as a method of protection from the hot tropical sun because they have thin pods. Once the peanut pods are harvested, the plant is removed and is usually used for animal feed.
In many parts of Africa, peanuts are more often known as Oletennice, which is a reference to an underground place of preferred pods. Peanuts play a major nutritional role in many parts of Africa because they have a high protein and healthy fat content. In some parts of Africa, peanuts represent a substantial percentage of protein available for consumption. In the South of South, peanuts are called "goibers", probable corruption of the word kikongo, nguba .
thv many areas of the world are several important roles of peanuts. A large percentage of annual peanut harvest is pushed to provide peanut oil, lightE yellow, neutral flavored oil with a very high point of smoking. Peanut oil is ideal for frying and for this purpose it is widely used in many countries. Nuts are also ground to peanut butter, cream spread, which is popular with people of all age groups. Peanuts can also be found for sale, to be consumed simple, sprinkled for food or included in various dishes.