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2 unusual facts about Peanut


Agricultural insurance in India

A major drawback of the scheme could be seen from the fact that out of all the all-India claims of Rs 1,623 crores, Gujarat alone received Rs. 792 crores for one single crop, groundnut.

Tindivanam

Oilseeds Research Station was established by the government of Tamil Nadu to evolve groundnut, sesame and castor varieties with desirable attributes viz., short duration, high yield, high oil content, drought tolerance, fresh seed dormancy, resistance to major insect pests and diseases etc.


A Wicked Ghost II: The Fear

Peanut's cousin, Ada, goes blind after watching the horror movie A Wicked Ghost, claiming that she saw a ghost similar to the one in the movie.

Agriculture in Brazil

The natives of Brazil farmed cassava, peanuts, tobacco, sweet potatoes and maize, in addition to extracting the essence from other local plants such as the pequi and the babassu.

Asinan

Asinan Bogor: The fruit asinan of Bogor city, West Java is preserved tropical fruits, such as raw mango, water apple, papaya, ambarella, jicama, nutmeg and pineapple served in sweet, hot and sour vinegar and chili sauce, sprinkled with peanuts.

Brigham's Ice Cream

Dice-Kream (originally called Reverse the Curse, prior to the 2004 Red Sox World Champions title, then renamed Curse Reversed!, until 2007)—Vanilla with chocolate-coated peanuts and chocolate-coated caramel pieces, loosely mixed with fudge sauce.

Brooklet, Georgia

The Brooklet Peanut Run is a 5K race that occurs around 7 am on the day of the Peanut Festival.

Chinese barbecue sauce

Satay sauce - a peanut-based sauce of Southeast Asian origin.

Conakry

Conakry became the capital of French Guinea in 1904 and prospered as an export port, particularly after a (now closed) railway to Kankan opened the large scale export of groundnut from the interior.

D. africanus

Ditylenchus africanus, the peanut pod nematode, a plant pathogenic species

Dublin, North Carolina

Dublin is located on North Carolina Highway 87 and is known as the "Peanut Capital of North Carolina."

Fluffernutter

In 2006, Durkee-Mower sued Williams-Sonoma Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that Williams-Sonoma infringed on its trademark by selling a marshmallow and peanut butter chocolate-covered candy under the Fluffernutter name.

French Meadow Bakery

French Meadow Bakery and Cafe also features airport concession stands at Salt Lake City International Airport, JFK International, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, airport in Atlanta, Logan International and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airports which offers such products as peanut butter cookies, carrot cake, hemp bagels and a variety of freshly baked breads.

G. vulgaris

Golfingia vulgaris, the peanut worm, a marine invertebrate species

Ghana National Agricultural Export

The products mainly exported by this agricultural arm of the government of the Republic of Ghana include cashew nuts, cocoa seeds/beans, peanuts, ground nuts etc. and augmented agricultural benefits from tillage as gold and red mercury.

Isagenix International

In February 2009, Isagenix was part of a nation-wide recall on peanuts thought to be contaminated with Salmonella, which were used by Isagenix in their Chocolate Dipped Honey Peanut Bar.

Langhnaj

Agriculture is the main source of income for this village with groundnut and mustard being the main cash-crops.

Liberty Heights, Lexington

J.M. Smucker operates the world's largest peanut butter plant, Jif, adjacent to Liberty Heights.

Maafe

The proper name for it in the Mandinka language is domodah or tigadegena (lit. 'peanut butter sauce,' where tige is 'peanut,' dege is 'paste,' and na is 'sauce') in Bamanankan.

Magnet URI scheme

Supported by G2 (Gnutella Peanut Butter), such hashes are vulnerable to hash collision attacks.

Marcia Angell

In the words of Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), “It’s not like buying a car or tennis shoes or peanut butter.”

Peanut butter cookie

George Washington Carver (1864-1943), an American agricultural extension educator, from Alabama's Tuskegee Institute, was the most well known promoter of the peanut as a replacement for the cotton crop, which had been heavily damaged by the boll weevil.

Peanut butter cup

The most popular brand of peanut butter cup is the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (sold as Reese in Canada), now a Hershey brand.

The Reese's Peanut Butter Cup is considered the "finest creation" of H. B. Reese"H. B."

Peanut Monument

State Peanut Monument (List of Georgia state symbols) in Turner County, Georgia on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn, Georgia

Peanut Monument at the Dothan, Alabama Visitor Information Center, proclaiming Dothan as the "Peanut Capital of the World"

Peanut oil

At the 1900 Paris Exhibition, the Otto Company, at the request of the French government, demonstrated that peanut oil could be used as a source of fuel for the diesel engine; this was one of the earliest demonstrations of biodiesel technology.

Peanut production in Guyana

USAID has been involved with the FDD in training specialists and technicians from the FDD, the University of Guyana, and private companies to improve peanut sampling testing in the country.

Peanut punch

Peanut Punch Drank is a variation of the official drink inspired by Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman, whose nickname is "Peanut", and his penchant for punching the ball loose and forcing fumbles.

Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory

Research focuses on the study of major crop species such as sorghum and cotton, as well as other species such as Bermuda Grass, Brassica and Peanut.

Public nuisance

One day while in his office, he hears a noisy peanut vendor (Chico Marx) out in the street.

Reese's Puffs

Reese's Puffs (formerly Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs) is a breakfast cereal manufactured by General Mills.

Sawyerpuram

In Summer days the climate remains so warm and on other seasons the climate will be cool and windy.This small town is also known for the best cultivation of bananas & Rice because of its red soil and jack fruit, star fruit, Jambul fruit, Pea nut, Cucumber are also cultivated on few places around the town.

Senegalese cuisine

Maafe, seasoned fish, chicken, lamb, or beef cooked with vegetables in a tomato and peanut butter sauce.

Shirgaon, Sangli

Agriculture is one of the main sources of income, with the main cultivated crop being sugar cane, followed by peanuts and soya beans.

Shopsins

Shopsins was known for both its extensive (900-item) menu of unusual dishes concocted by chef/owner Kenny Shopsin, including items such as "Slutty Cakes", pancakes with peanut butter in the middle, and "Blisters on My Sisters", similar to (Huevos rancheros), and for Kenny Shopsin himself, described by Time Out New York as "the foul-mouthed middle-aged chef and owner".

Sunbutter

Beginning in 2000, in cooperation with the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, SunGold Foods’ parent company, Red River Commodities, began a two-year project to develop a substitute for peanut butter that would be made from sunflower seeds.

The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls

In the prologue, entitled The Past, we are introduced to the three sisters-oldest to youngest: Jojo, a professor who is utterly captivated by her over-seas lover Brecht; Jayne, the systematic big cheese over at Bay Street and the closeted lesbian; and finally Jelly, the self-supporting artist who has a great love for peanut-butter(hence her name being Jelly).

The Peanut Butter Conspiracy

The band's first album, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading, followed, also produced by Usher who brought in studio musicians including Glen Campbell and James Burton to bolster the group's sound.

Vigna

—Bambara groundnut, Congo goober, hog-peanut, jugo bean, njugumawe (Swahili) (sometimes separated in Voandzeia)

Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers

In March, 2009, company executives were invited to testify by former Representative Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) before the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations regarding its successful food safety plan in light of the Peanut Corporation of America peanut recall.

W. C. Bradley Co.

Today they form the base of the company's Farm Division with 4,000 acres (16 km²) of row crops including peanuts, soybeans, corn, and wheat, 30,000 acres (120 km²) of timber, and a modern scientific swine-handling facility producing over 10,000 hogs per year for market.

Wee Care Nursery School abuse trial

Physical evidence included a jar of peanut butter from the day care center's kitchen, and the lyrics to Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" written inside Michaels' attendance book.

Willie Thrower

In 1947, the Miami, Florida Peanut Bowl, featuring top high school teams around the country, rescinded the invitation it had extended to Ken High to play in the annual prep classic game when organizers saw a photograph of its star.

Working for Peanuts

While collecting acorns, Chip 'n' Dale discover a peanut that had been thrown from the nearby zoo.

Zeyda and the Hitman

Tully gave the would-be hitman a $1,000 downpayment for the hit, $200 to buy Fisher drinks, and the murder weapons: a jar of Kraft peanut butter and a bottle of peanut oil.


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