From all of the bios I have read about George W. Carver, even though the times were not the best for people of color he seem to put that a side and focus on his faith in God, reaching providing alternative crop to cotton. Mr. Carver also wrote a book call "How to Grow The Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption" http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit-nut/carver-peanut/. Reading Mr. Carver's will give you inside in how to grow, care for the peanut, nutritional value and Peanut recipes. The recipe for Peanut Soup is similar to the one I have seen in the Cherokee cookery. All of the recipes are easy to adapt to modern day cookery.
Dr John H. Kellogg patented a "Process of Preparing Nut Meal" in 1895. Nut Meal is made by grinding Almonds, Walnuts, Pistachios, and Peanuts to the consistency of corn-meal. Dr. Kellogg served the nut meal at his Battle Creek Sanitarium.
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