protose

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    历史 不可数

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

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

    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 […]

词源

Coined by John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor, and used as a brand name by the Sanitas Nut Food Company, Battle Creek Foods, and Worthington Foods. Apparently from protein + -ose.

来源：wiktionary