Nuts in Family Meals: A Guide for Consumers

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Agricultural Research Service. Consumer and Food Economics Research Division

Series:

United States. Department of Agriculture. Home and garden bulletin no. 176

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Nuts in Family Meals: A Guide for Consumers" by the United States Department of Agriculture is a practical guidebook published in the late 20th century. This informative publication provides guidance on the various types of nuts available, how to purchase, store, and prepare them, as well as offering a variety of recipes that incorporate nuts into daily meals. The book serves as a valuable resource for consumers interested in enhancing their family meals with nutritious and flavorful additions. The content of the book spans several important topics concerning nuts. It begins by detailing the types of nuts commonly found in markets, their nutritional value, and suggestions for buying quality nuts. The guide proceeds to elaborate on proper storage methods to maintain freshness and avoid rancidity, followed by instructions for preparing nuts for culinary use-including shelling, skin removal, roasting, and cutting. A significant portion of the book is dedicated to an array of recipes that showcase nuts within main dishes, salads, soups, breads, desserts, and snacks, emphasizing how these ingredients can enrich both flavor and texture in family meals. Overall, the book aims to educate consumers on maximizing the benefits of including nuts in their dietary practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Stephen Hutcheson, Lisa Corcoran and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2021-06-07