Following are some of George Washington Carver's contributions from the sweet potato and peanut alone (as Mr. Carver would say, it pleased God to show him):
A Listing Of Products Developed from the Peanut by Dr. Carver:
George Washington Carver Foundation, Tuskegee Institute (University)
Foods: salted peanuts, breakfast foods #1-5, bisque powder, peanut meal #1-2, chocolate coated peanuts, peanut cake #1-2, dry coffee, instant coffee, peanut hearts, mock oysters, worcestershire sauce, peanut food #1, peanut sprouts, peanut tofu sauce, cream from milk, buttermilk, milks (numbering 32), curds, vinegar, crystallized peanuts, peanut relish #1-2, peanut chocolate fudge, peanut and popcorn bars, peanut bar #1, peanut tutti-frutti bars, lard compound, sweet pickle, cheese cream, cheese pimento, cheese tutti-frutti, white pepper (from the vines), cocoa, peanut kisses, peanut wafers, peanut butter (numbering 3), butter from peanut milk, pancake flour (numbering 11), peanut surprise, malted peanuts, peanut meal, meat substitute, chili sauce, peanut brittle, cream candy, peanut flakes (numbering 2), chop suey sauce, mayonnaise, peanut meat loaf, shredded peanuts, cooking oil, salad oil, mock meat, mock veal cutlet, mock chicken, mock duck, mock goose, peanut sausage, flavoring paste, oleomargarine, dehydrated milk flakes, caramel, butterscotch, evaporated milk, golden nuts, substitute asparagus, cheese nut sage, cheese sandwich, plain pickle, peanut dainties, bar candy.
Stock Foods: peanut stock foods #1-3, peanut hull stock food, peanut hull bran, hen food, peanut hull meal, molasses feed, peanut hay meal, peanut meal (numbering 3).
Beverages: peanut orange punch #1-2, normal peanut beverage, plum punch, cherry punch, peanut lemon punch, peanut punch #2, beverage for ice cream, blackberry punch, evaporated peanut beverage, pineapple punch.
Medicines: rubbing oil, tanic acid, emulsion for bronchitis, castor oil substitute, iron tonic, goiter treatment, quinine, laxatives.
Cosmetics: hand lotion, face cream, face bleach and tan remover, shampoo, shaving cream, face ointment, face powder, fat producing cream, toilet soap, pomade for skin, face lotion, vanishing cream, oil for hair and scalp, pomade for scalp, glycerine, all purpose cream, dandruff cure, and antiseptic soap.
Household Products: laundry soap and sweeping compound.
Dyes, Paints, and Stains: leather dyes (numbering 18), wood stains (numbering 17), special peanut dye, dyes for cloth (numbering 30), and paint.
General: fuel bricks, colored paper (from skins), newsprint paper (from vines), insecticide, gasoline, wood filler, plastics, lubricating oil, diesel fuel, writing ink, furnace coke (from hulls), white paper (from vines), paper (from hulls), coarse paper (from skins), glue, gas, metal polish, axle grease, illuminating oil, printers' ink, rubber, washing powder, hand cleanser, wall boards (from hull, numbering 11), sizing for walls, nitroglycerine, soap stock, linoleum, insulating boards (numbering 18), charcoal (from shells), soil conditioner, and shoe and leather backing.
A Listing Of Products Developed from the Sweet Potato by Dr. Carver:
George Washington Carver Foundation, Tuskegee Institute (University)
Foods: flour (numbering 4), sugar, mock coconut, vinegar, synthetic ginger, chocolate, dry paste, bisque powder, meal (numbering 4), yeast, instant coffee, lemon drops, sauce, starch (numbering 4), molasses, tapioca, egg yolk, candy (numbering 14), dried potatoes #1-2, potato nibs, breakfast foods (numbering 5), after dinner mints #1-3, dry coffee, granulated potatoes, orange drops, and spiced vinegar.
Livestock Foods: stock feed meal (numbering 3) and hog feed.
General: stains, paints, library paste (numbering 5), rubber compounds, shoe blacking, synthetic cotton, paper (from vines), dyes (numbering 73), medicine, alcohol, writing ink, fillers for wood (numbering 14), and synthetic silk.
It seems like you're looking for some acknowledgement that he was a genius or something, so that you can then bring in something he said or believed that is relevent to the current discussion. Can we get over the buildup, please?
Oh, and for myself, I'd say he was a good chemist, and an inspired inventor. His opinion in other fields is of historical interest only.
Drew Garrett