European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes thursday november 22, iv/3 modern living yes warehouseman Hans Buechler weighs a newly arrived bag of peanuts then empties a bag into Hopper for roasting. Is photos by Dees yes Plant of peanuts pounds and pachyderms by Holly Gross staff writer should you happen to meet a Herd of Peanut hungry elephants somewhere in Germany Call Fred. No one has calculated yet How Long i would take a Herd of hungry pachyderms to consume 20 tons of peanuts an Friedrich Siemund manager of the yes fresh food warehouse would appreciate Catchy statistical statement to describe the annual Peanut processing european Exchange system has been in the Peanut roasting business since1954. The original roaster used in Frank Furt is still being used at the Offenbach Plant. The roasting Plant is Only a Small portion of the fresh food warehouse Complex. The Complex also handles fresh vegetables meat tons of milk and ice Cream for nearly half of the 200 yes facilities in Germa of 100-Pound Burlap bags of raw peanuts arrive from North Carolina a warehouse loading docks for processing. Before they Are roasted warehouse veterinarian spec. 5 Thomas Oliver of the 110th medical det inspects them for defects or spoilage. In a bag of approximately 22,500 nuts there is a defect rate of less than one per cent he said which is very Low com pared to other perishable peanuts Are not susceptible to spoilage or fungus. Lilo Katzer and Elfriede Scholz tend tothe actual resting. Mrs. Scholz has worked for yes for 24 years with eight of those years in the roasting a warehouseman pours the bags of raw nuts into the Hopper mrs. Katzer preheat the drum like roaster to nearly 400 degrees fahrenheit. The roasting is not automatically time because it depends on the amount of Mois Ture in the nuts and the outside tempera Ture Siemund said. Frau Katzer con stantly checks the peanuts by drawing outa Sample of nuts with a scoop. She is responsible for seeing that they Are not under or raw peanuts which taste like an uncooked pea or Navy bean Are White in color after roasting they turn roasted the peanuts Are put in a Large Basket and stirred by mechanical rakes to Speed the Cooling. Then they Are measured and bagged. Mrs. Scholz operates the packaging machine. Still warm peanuts Are measured by the ounce not by volume and then dropped into plastic bags. A cutting device slices the bags free then a conveyor transports them to crates. It takes about 45 minutes to roast and process 200 pounds of nuts. Yes markets 60,000 four ounce bags five to six thousand six ounce bags and 20, 000 16-ounce bags annually. They sell for10,15, and 35 cents. With the High Price of meat and eggs More people Are turning to the less expensive proteins Siemund added one of which happen to be peanuts. No one Ever seems to tire of eating lilo Katzer counts 4-ounce Peanut bags to be shipped to yes outlets. I
