Marcellus Gilmore Edson
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Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal
, Quebec
was the first person to patent peanut butter
. Edson, a physician developed the idea of packaging peanut paste for people with bad teeth. Peanut paste was sold for six cents per pound.
He was born in Bedford, Quebec.
He was issued with US patent
#306727 in 1884.
The patent describes a process of milling
roasted peanuts
until the peanuts reached "a fluid or semi-fluid state." Edson described the cooled product as having "a consistency like that of butter
, lard
, or ointment."
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
was the first person to patent peanut butter
Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and parts of Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia. It is mainly used as a sandwich spread, sometimes in combination as in the peanut butter and jelly...
. Edson, a physician developed the idea of packaging peanut paste for people with bad teeth. Peanut paste was sold for six cents per pound.
He was born in Bedford, Quebec.
He was issued with US patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
#306727 in 1884.
The patent describes a process of milling
Mill (grinding)
A grinding mill is a unit operation designed to break a solid material into smaller pieces. There are many different types of grinding mills and many types of materials processed in them. Historically mills were powered by hand , working animal , wind or water...
roasted peanuts
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...
until the peanuts reached "a fluid or semi-fluid state." Edson described the cooled product as having "a consistency like that of butter
Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...
, lard
Lard
Lard is pig fat in both its rendered and unrendered forms. Lard was commonly used in many cuisines as a cooking fat or shortening, or as a spread similar to butter. Its use in contemporary cuisine has diminished because of health concerns posed by its saturated-fat content and its often negative...
, or ointment."