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The Peanut is the edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea. Although called a nut, the peanut is a member of the pea family Fabaceae, and the fruit is not a nut, but a legume or pod. Peanuts develop underground in a woody pod, usually with two seeds to a pod. The peanut plant is a hairy, taprooted annual that measures 30-50 cm (1-1.5 feet) in height.
Peanuts are also known as Groundnuts (because they grow underground), Earthnuts, Goobers, Goober peas, Pindas, Pinders, Manila nuts and Monkey nuts (although the last of these is often used to mean the entire pod, not just the seeds).
Peanuts are often roasted and salted, but also are often eaten raw, or boiled in salt water. They can also be made into peanut butter, peanut brittle, candy bars, and other products. Peanut oilOil is a generic term for fluids that are not miscible with water. The name comes from Latin oleum for olive oil. Oil is frequently used to refer to petroleum an "oil shortage" generally means an inadequate supply of petroleum rather than cooking oil. is often used in cooking, because it has a mild flavor and burns only at a relatively high temperature.
Although most people enjoy many foods made with peanuts, some people have severe allergic reactionsThis article deals specifically with IgE mediated hypersensitivity. For other types of allergic or hypersensitive reactions see the main article: Hypersensitivity An allergy or Type I hypersensitivity is a immune malfunction whereby a person's body is hyp to peanuts; eating a single peanut can be fatal. For these individuals, just breathing the dust from peanuts has caused a fatal reaction. Development of peanut allergy appears to be associated with the consumption of peanuts in manufactured baby foodBaby food is any food that is made specifically for infants, roughly between the ages of six months to two years. The food comes in many varieties, with different manufacturers and tastes. A common trait of the many different baby foods is that they are ds by very young childA child (plural: children) is a young human. Depending on context it may mean someone who is not yet an adult, or someone who has not yet reached puberty (someone who is prepubescent . When one refers to a person's children, one means their offspring i.ren who would normally only be drinking mothers' milkMilk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals (including monotremes such as the Australian platypus). It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborns, before they are able to digest more diverse foods. before weaning; once developed, the allergy usually lasts for life. Because of this, peanuts are less frequently served on airplanes and peanut products are banned by many schoolA school is any place designated for learning. The range of institutions covered by the term varies from country to country. In the United Kingdom, the term school refers primarily to pre- university institutions, and these can for the most part be divide districts for the protection of allergic students. Peanut oil does not contain the same proteinmyoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. This protein was the first to have its structure solved by X-ray crystallography by Max Perutz and Sir John Cowdery Kendrew in 1958, which led to them receiving a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. A protein is a complex,s as the whole nut, so very few people are allergic to it. There is now an experimental drug available to combat this allergy, called TNX-901.
