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Peanuts

A plant whose fruit does not ripen
Unless this plant buries it in the ground

For the average man, peanuts are nothing but a food that is eaten when it is desirable, to eat nuts and walnuts, as entertainment, or as a snack until the time for eating comes.

But the farmer's view of peanuts is different from...
The look of the common man.
The merchant's outlook also differs.
The manufacturer's view also differs.
Likewise, the view of the doctor and the view of the scientist, the vegetarian world, differ.

Even a linguist may have a discussion on the subject of this topic.
Even the historian has something to say about this topic.

What the man of history says:

If we had started with the man of history, we would have learned from him that peanuts are not ancient among the people of the ancient world, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He did not know about it until after the discovery of America, and especially after the arrival of the Spanish to his areas in Mexico as well.

From its first habitat, in what they called the New World, it moved to the Old World, and was planted by India, China, and many parts of Africa.

What the merchant says:

If you went to the merchant, you would have learned from him where peanuts are purchased today, and you would have learned that the largest countries that produce peanuts today are India, China, West African countries, and the United States. You would have known that beans are not one type, but rather varieties, and in the United States there are two distinct types: the Virginian, which is large, and the Spanish, which is smaller, and there is a third.

The merchant tells you that the bean pod usually contains:
Two or three seeds.

What the manufacturer says:

She goes to the manufacturer and asks him about these beans and learns from him
He presses it to produce oil, which is a table oil that has replaced a lot of olive oil. In the United States, they grind it to produce what they call “bean butter,” and they consume half of their crop.

Then it is used in the United States and other than the United States as food, often after roasting it because roasting brings out praiseworthy qualities in the mouth of the eater.

What the farmer says:

You ask the farmer and learn from him that the best soil for growing peanuts is yellow, sandy soil, easy to loosen, and easy to drain. Beans are grown in about a month or more, in a warm atmosphere, and they must receive rain, between 22 and 24 inches, or irrigation from running water.

(The picture of a peanut plant, we brought it here to show the reader the swellings in the root. These are due to the invasion of a ground microbe that enters the root and makes fertilizer from the air, which is nitrogen, which benefits the plant.)

In the United States, when the time for harvest comes, they harvest the entire plant and take it out of the ground as deep as the plow goes into it. It is a mechanical plow, and you will know that the peanut pods lie hidden in the ground when they are harvested.

And the American planter feeds the plant, after centuries of separation
Beans are used for livestock, as they are good food.

Some of them cultivate the area with peanuts, and when the time comes to harvest them, they release pigs into it, and they dig up the ground, extract the beans, and eat them as good food, which in their bodies turns into meat that has a price in their markets.