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		Researchers found that regular peanut consumption lowers triglyceride levels, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, by as much as 24 percent, and study participants had no significant change in body weight.
		Since peanuts are high in fat they are often viewed as unhealthy, but researchers point out that they contain healthy fats that contribute to the reduction in cardiovascular disease risk.
		These peanuts are grown in New Mexico, and aflatoxin has not been reported to be a problem in that state due to the dry conditions.
	www.mercola.com /2003/aug/20/peanuts_health.htm (500 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: How they salt peanuts in the shell, and other peanut facts
		What we can be fairly sure of is that peanuts were used as food in Peruvian settlements as early as 700-800 BC (reference 1), due to the presence of pots with carved peanut shell motifs in burial sites of the Moche people of Peru.
		The peanuts are then divided into different batches based on their size by passing them over screens--peanuts that are smaller than the holes fall through, while larger ones are carried to the next set of screens.
		You want the peanut to be large enough that the shell cracks open when it passes between the drums but not so large that the nut is crushed.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mpeanuts.html (1145 words)

	Charlie Brown - Don Markstein's Toonopedia
		By 1955, Peanuts had attracted so much attention, it brought Schulz the first of two Reuben Awards (the second came in 1964) — and in 1978 he was named International Cartoonist of the Year by a vote of over 700 of his colleagues, worldwide.
		Peanuts was first animated in 1957, for a series of automobile commercials — but the strip's actual career in that medium began in 1965, when producers Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez made A Charlie Brown Christmas.
		The final new Peanuts daily appeared on Jan. 3, 2000, and the last Sunday on Feb. 13 of that year, after which, like Little Orphan Annie and Calvin and Hobbes, it went into reruns.
	www.toonopedia.com /peanuts.htm (900 words)

	The Peanut Institute - Eat well. Eat Peanuts. A non-profit providing peanut research on peanut nutrition.
		Peanuts and Peanut Butter Hit Target in New NAS Healthy Eating Recommendations.
		New research shows 'peanut and peanut butter' weight-loss diet reduces heart disease risk by 14%.
		The Peanut Institute is a non-profit organization which supports nutrition research and develops educational programs to encourage healthful lifestyles.
	www.peanut-institute.org (228 words)

	Hubbard Peanut Company
		People from all over the world know that there is a little house in a small village...right in the heart of Virginia's peanut country...where the biggest and best peanuts are cooked.
		That house in Sedley, Virginia is where Dot Hubbard began sharing peanuts with family and friends over 50 years ago.
		When Dot first started selling her special peanuts from her tiny kitchen, people found their way through the back roads to Sedley to buy them.
	www.hubspeanuts.com (102 words)

	Fantagraphics Books - The Complete Peanuts
		This book collects 730 daily and Sunday comic strips, the vast majority of which are not currently available in any in-print Peanuts collection, and many of which have never been reprinted since their initial appearance in papers over 50 years ago.
		The introduction is by comedienne extraordinaire Whoopi Goldberg, who reveals which Peanuts character she has tattooed on her body (and where) – as well as telling of her meeting with “Sparky” Schulz, and her fascinating theory on Snoopy’s brother Spike.
		The Complete Peanuts continues to receive national and international media attention for its sophisticated treatment of one of the 20th Century’s defining American classics.
	www.fantagraphics.com /peanuts/peanuts.html (2033 words)

	The Complete Peanuts
		As the first decade of Peanuts closes, it seems only fitting to bid farewell to that halcyon decade with a cover starring Patty, one of the original three Peanuts.
		The introduction is by comedienne extraordinaire Whoopi Goldberg, who reveals which Peanuts character she has tattooed on her body (and where) – as well as telling of her meeting with “Sparky” Schulz, and her fascinating theory on Snoopy’s brother Spike.
		The Complete Peanuts continues to receive national and international media attention for its sophisticated treatment of one of the 20th Century’s defining American classics.
	fantagraphics.com /peanuts/peanuts.html (1787 words)

	Peanut Production Guide
		Peanuts are extremely sensitive to the effects of other crops grown in rotation with them, especially the crop that immediately precedes them.
		Peanut rhizobia microorganisms are abundant in the soils of New Mexico's major peanut-producing areas and, at current yields and nitrogen fertilization rates, are able to fix adequate nitrogen in the peanut plants.
		The Valencia peanut and the soils of the region, however, are not immune to infection by this pathogen.
	www.cahe.nmsu.edu /pubs/_h/h-648.html (4905 words)

	Peanuts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peanuts was a syndicated daily comic strip written and drawn by American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950 to February 13, 2000.
		Peanuts had its origin in Li'l Folks, a weekly panel comic that appeared in Schulz's hometown paper, the St.
		Peanuts probably reached its peak in American pop-culture awareness between 1965 and 1980; this period was the heyday of the daily strip, and there were numerous animated specials and book collections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peanuts (3593 words)

	Peanut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peanut pods are borne on pegs arising from the main stem and the side branches.
		Peanuts are often a major ingredient in mixed nuts because of their inexpensiveness compared to Brazil nuts, cashews, walnuts, and so on.
		As the peanut is a member of the legume family unrelated to other nuts, individuals with peanut allergies may not be allergic to the other types of nuts, and vice-versa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peanut (3575 words)

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		Peanuts is the name of a syndicated comic strip written and drawn by American cartoonist Charles Schulz from October 2, 1950 to 2000.
		Peanuts features a group of children, ranging from infants to eight-years olds, whose perspectives on the world around them are at once childlike and adult.
		Peanuts is remarkable for its deft social commentary, especially compared with other strips appearing in the 1950s and early 1960s.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peanuts.html (1003 words)

	American Peanut Council
		This lack of interest in peanut farming is attributed to the fact that the peanut was regarded as food for the poor and because growing and harvesting techniques were slow and difficult.
		Peanut butter, roasted and flavored kernels, roasted and sized peanut granules, and salted inshell peanuts, peanut flour, peanut oil (both refined and crude) and aromatic oil and extract are all available from U.S. shellers, blanchers and manufacturers.
		Peanut oil is considered a premium, high quality cooking oil in the U.S., is able to withstand higher cooking temperature than many other oils and does not retain the flavor of foods cooked in it.
	www.peanutsusa.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=home.page&pid=12 (3659 words)

	Peanuts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When a raw peanut is planted, a sprout forms between the two halves of the nut and grows into a flowering plant.
		Hide peanuts in the room in advance (enough so that every child will be successful in finding several) and let the children have a "peanut hunt" while singing the following song.
		Gradually add peanut or vegetable oil until the mixture is the desired consistency.
	sherik.tripod.com /activities/peanuts.htm (593 words)

	Peanut Nuts - Virginia Peanut - Spanish Peanuts
		Although its name implies it is a nut, peanuts are not true nuts but a member of a family of legumes related to peas, lentils, chickpeas and other beans.
		Peanuts start growing as a flower but because of its heavy weight after pollination, it bends towards the ground and eventually goes underground where the peanut matures.
		It was George Washington Carver, who not only suggested that farmers plant peanuts to replace their cotton fields that were destroyed by the boll weevil in the latter half of the 19 th Century, but he also invented more than 300 uses for this legume.
	www.nutnutrition.com /allaboutnuts/peanut.htm (434 words)

	Boiled Peanuts, History and Recipe
		Keep cooking and tasting until the peanuts reach desired texture (when fully cooked, the texture of the peanut should be similar to that of a cooked dry pea or bean).
		Peanuts may be eaten hot or at room temperature, or chilled in the refrigerator and eaten cold, shelling as you eat them.
		Peanuts are harvested in south Georgia from late August until the first of October, and any good Southerner knows that the real good boiled peanut is one that was boiled "green", or fresh-dug (peanuts grow underground), before it has time to dry.
	whatscookingamerica.net /History/BoiledPeanutsHistory.htm (1969 words)

	USDA, Farm Service Agency - 2002 Farm Bill - FAQ Question Summary Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Are direct peanut payments of $35 per ton limited to the amount of the farm's former quota, or simply to the $40,000 limit regardless of the former quota?
		Are peanut producers who planted and produced peanuts under the "one acre permitted provisions" and under the "peanuts grown for green use provisions" considered eligible historic peanut producers for enrolling in DCP?
		Peanut producers may elect to use the average yield for peanuts produced in the county in which the farm is located for the 1990-1997 crop years.
	www.fsa.usda.gov /pas/farmbill/faqmain.asp?catcode=5 (1414 words)

	Growing Peanuts in the Home Garden
		Peanuts are also known as goobers, goober peas, groundpeas, ground nuts, and earth nuts.
		The peanut is a legume with compound leaves similar to clover and yellow, pea-like flowers.
		Peanut varieties can be classified by growth habit (bunch or runner) and nut type (Virginia or Spanish).
	www.ipm.iastate.edu /ipm/hortnews/1997/5-2-1997/peanuts.html (527 words)

	USATODAY.com - Health discoveries help peanuts shed their fat stigma (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Consumption of snack peanuts alone climbed to 415 million pounds in the 2003-2004 crop year, the highest since a low of 285 million pounds in the mid-1990s.
		Peanut consumption dwindled in the early 1990s when the government began requiring nutrition labels on food products, which show peanuts to be high in fat.
		Peanuts also contain a small amount of resveratrol, the antioxidant in red wine that has been linked to the "French Paradox" — a low incidence of heart disease among the French, despite their love of cheese and other high-fat foods.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/2005-04-03-peanuts-health_x.htm (952 words)

	WHFoods: Peanuts
		Peanuts still in their shells can be kept in a cool, dry dark place, but keeping them in the refrigerator will extend their shelf life to about nine months.
		Peanuts can be chopped by hand using a chef's knife and a cutting board or in a wooden bowl with a mezzaluna, the curved knife that has a handle sitting atop the blade.
		Peanuts are susceptible to molds and fungal invasions.
	www.whfoods.com /genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=101 (3485 words)

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		Yes, the Peanuts Collector Club is the officially-recognized (by United Media, the distribution syndicate which handles the Peanuts strip and all related merchandising) fraternity of record.
		Undoubtedly, Peanuts is a great newspaper strip and I am humbled and gratified to help steward this complete strip compilation into the world." Each volume in the series will run approximately 320 pages in a 8-1/2" x 7" hardcover format, presenting two years of strips along with supplementary material.
		In 1975's PEANUTS JUBILEE, Charles Schulz mentions that during his High school years, he was a Sherlock Holmes fanatic and used to fill scrapbooks with his own illustrations of Holmes stories, in comic book form (and oh, what we'd give to see those now!).
	www.peanutscollectorclub.com /peantfaq.txt (16966 words)

	The Peanut Van - Growing Peanuts
		Peanuts are usually planted in rows, 6 to 10 plants per metre.
		Peanut farmers need to care for their crops continuously over the growing cycle.
		And although peanuts can generally make good use of any fertilisers left over from other crops - making them a great "soil cleaner" - some calcium top-up is usually necessary to ensure that the nuts develop fully before any new crop is planted.
	peanutvan.com.au /growing.htm (643 words)

	Peanuts in Africa - The Congo Cookbook (African recipes) www.congocookbook.com - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Peanut plants were soon widely cultivated throughout Africa, catching on quickly because they were similar to a plant already cultivated by Africans, the Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea or Voandzeia subterranea).
		The peanut soon replaced the Bambara groundnut, taking the older plant's place and even its name (peanuts are often called "groundnuts" in Africa), such that the Bambara groundnut is now called an "underutilized and neglected crop".
		Remove the peanuts' shells, roast the peanuts on a baking sheet in a hot oven, or in a large skillet on the stove, stirring often, then remove the skins.
	www.congocookbook.com /c0175.html (493 words)

	Peanuts
		Peanuts are thought to have originated in South America where they would thrive in tropical and subtropical climates.
		In the United States, peanuts were considered a regional food of the South until after the Civil War when technological advancements resulted in an increased demand for peanut oil, peanut butter, roasted and salted peanuts and confections.
		It gave peanut producers the same familiar subsidies of direct payments, marketing loans, and counter-cyclical payments that are available to producers of grain, oilseed and cotton.
	www.agmrc.org /agmrc/commodity/vegetables/peanuts/peanuts.htm (304 words)

	The Peanut Institute - Peanut FAQs
		A fourth type, Valencia peanuts, are grown less frequently in the US and are characterized by three or four small kernels in a long shell.
		Peanuts, along with beans and peas, belong to the single plant family, Leguminosae.
		Peanut seeds (kernels) grow into a green oval-leafed plant about 18 inches tall which develop delicate yellow flowers around the lower portion of the plant.
	www.peanut-institute.org /PeanutFAQs.html (360 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Peanuts
		Peanuts was a syndicated comic strip written and drawn by American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz.
		Peanuts premiered on October 2, 1950 in seven newspapers nationwide: The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, the Denver Post and The Seattle Times.
		Peanuts probably reached its peak in American pop-culture awareness between 1965 and 1980, during the heyday of the strip, and there was numerous specials and book collections.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Peanuts (2959 words)

	Peanuts St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		In 1984, The Guinness Book of Records listed Peanuts as the world's most widely syndicated comic strip,; and by its fortieth anniversary in 1990, Peanuts was running in over 2,000 newspapers in dozens of countries.
		The Peanuts characters seem to go through most of their activities with little adult supervision or interference, and they manage just fine.
		The Peanuts characters have enough childlike qualities to keep children interested, but much of this is adult humor.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100936 (805 words)

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