Protose

Quick meaning: Protose is a noun meaning (historical) A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.

Meaning

(historical) A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.

Example Sentences

From the viewpoint of our low protein diet, gluten flour and protose are positively dangerous.

Cut a can of protose lengthwise in two; put in a pan, fill one-fourth full with hot water, and bake one hour.

I see Prichard occasionally for lunch in a vegetarian restaurant…. The dishes have strange names, like those of some unknown religion; initiates think nothing at all of ordering ‘a protose of peppers’ [?] or ‘a nuttalene’ [?]. These names, smacking of organic chemistry, correspond to substances which pretend to be meat without being so […]

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