REMEMBERING THE REAL MR. PEANUT!

       SATURDAY, JULY 14TH., 2018
REMEMBERING THE REAL MR. PEANUT!

      A lot of people around these parts have fond

memories of Mr. Peanut, proudly representing

the Planter's Peanut Company, walking around

Public Square and South Main Street in downtown

Wilkes-Barre.

    But today is a day set aside to honor the real

"Mr. Peanut." George Washington Carver!

   Born into slavery, Carver became a scientist,

botanist, educator, and inventor. And his

specialty was peanuts!

   Carver came up with 105 food recipes using

peanuts!

    I'll wager he was the guy who came up with

my favorite. The peanut butter and jelly

sandwich! I have them often....now that I've

learned it's better to spread the peanut butter

first! I used to have trouble getting it on top of

the jelly!

    Anyway, Carver didn't stop with using peanuts

for food. This guy developed and promoted about

100 products made from peanuts!

    They included cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics

and even gasoline! Why aren't we still using that

today! We could fill up for, literally, peanuts!!!!

     Peanuts are powerful! If you doubt it consider

the fact that another of Carver's "Peanut based

inventions" was nitroglycerin!!!!!

     You can't buy that in a bag at the Old Ball

game!

      A crowd of about a thousand people will

descend on the George Washington Carver

National Monument in Diamond, Mo. today

for the annual Carver Day ceremonies.

     Since it's a little late for you to get there

you might want to break out a jar of Skippy

and have your own celebration!

     I'd stay clear of the Nitro though!

     Hope you've got some "Chunky" on hand

and that your sandwich....and all your NEWS

is good!