Peanut Butter...when was it invented?

Question

When was peanut butter invented?

Answer 1

I'd agree with that but I think a better question might be who was the first guy to dig up a sprawling mess of a plant, wipe off its roots, notice the nubs on the end, and think (after wiping off the bugs) "hey, I want to eat me some of that"?

Answer 2

There are many claims about the origin of peanut butter. Africans ground peanuts into stews as early as the 15th century. The Chinese have crushed peanuts into creamy sauces for centuries. Civil War soldiers dined on 'peanut porridge.' These uses, however, bore little resemblance to peanut butter as it is known today.

In 1890, an unknown St. Louis physician supposedly encouraged the owner of a food products company, George A. Bayle Jr., to process and package ground peanut paste as a nutritious protein substitute for people with poor teeth who couldn't chew meat.

The physician apparently had experimented by grinding peanuts in his hand-cranked meat grinder. Bayle mechanized the process and began selling peanut butter out of barrels for about 6¢ per pound.

Answer 3

There are many claims about the origin of peanut butter. Africans ground peanuts into stews as early as the 15th century. The Chinese have crushed peanuts into creamy sauces for centuries. Civil War soldiers dined on 'peanut porridge.' These uses, however, bore little resemblance to peanut butter as it is known today.

In 1890, an unknown St. Louis physician supposedly encouraged the owner of a food products company, George A. Bayle Jr., to process and package ground peanut paste as a nutritious protein substitute for people with poor teeth who couldn't chew meat. The physician apparently had experimented by grinding peanuts in his hand-cranked meat grinder. Bayle mechanized the process and began selling peanut butter out of barrels for about 6¢ per pound.

Answer 4

Peanut butter was invented and reinvented many times back in the day. Peanuts were known as early as 950 B.C. and originated in South America.

Answer 5

Hm mm... peanut butter was not invented until...like...1890. But I can't remember by who. I think it was George Washington Carver or it was an unknown physician from St. Louis who invented it to give his patients an easy-to-digest, high protein food.

Answer 6

George Carver Washington,

Answer 7

information of contemporary peanut butter comes from US patent #306727 issued to Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec, in 1884, for a approach of milling roasted peanuts between heated surfaces until the peanuts reached "a fluid or semi-fluid state." because of the fact the product cooled, it set into what Edson defined as "a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment." J.H. Kellogg, of cereal repute, secured US patent #580787 in 1897 for his "approach of preparing Nutmeal," which produced a "pasty adhesive substance" that Kellogg observed as "nut-butter." xx

Answer 8

1890 by a unknown physician in st Louis

Answer 9

Here ya go!

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpeanutbutter.htm