protose
Noun
A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.
Usage- Historical
- Uncountable
- Examples
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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.
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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 […]