Protose vs Protome - What's the difference?
protose | protome |
(historical) A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.
* 1914 , Jacob Arnbrecht, Hygienic Cook Book , International Publishing Association, page
* 1917 , Anna Lindlahr, The Nature Cure Cook Book , 5th edition, The Nature Cure Publishing Co., page
* 1988 , John Weightman (tr.), translation of , ed.), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0-15-150885-2, page 31:
A decorative element, on ancient artefacts, based on the head of an animal or bust of a person
As nouns the difference between protose and protome
is that protose is a meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century while protome is a decorative element, on ancient artefacts, based on the head of an animal or bust of a person.protose
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Alternative forms
* ProtoseNoun
(-)72:
- Cut a can of protose lengthwise in two; put in a pan, fill one-fourth full with hot water, and bake one hour.
273:
- 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….
