Peanuts

[ks]

Just out of extreme curiosity, who all here has eaten boiled peanuts? Not those in the can, but real boiled peanuts. I talked to someone from Illinois last night and they had never heard of bioled peanuts. I was in utter shock!






ks

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by ks
I talked to someone from Illinois last night and they had never heard of bioled peanuts.

Heh you talked to someone from Massachusetts, too. What the hell are boiled peanuts? :D

[JDS84]

What is boiled peanuts? I've never heard of that in my life.

[ks]

You have got to be kidding me! Have you ever heard of peanuts at all? It is a nut grown in the south. It is an extremely popular crop, right up there with cotton. It is a 'nut', so I guess that means it is a fruit. It is very good. I never knew so many people had never heard of it until I started asking around. Maybe it is a southern delicasy...or at least a southern food. They are very good! For those of you who haven't heard of it, do you libe in the North...?






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[ISmellFine]

Gawd ks! I live off of 'em during the summer! My dad and his friend always boil a huge pot of two of them. They're AWESOME!

[ks]

Originally posted by Nancy McKeon Rox
Gawd ks! I live off of 'em during the summer! My dad and his friend always boil a huge pot of two of them. They're AWESOME!


HONESTLY, Kaley! I like eat them by the bowl full during the summer. They are so incredibly good-too many can make you sick-but they're so incredibly good! Perhaps it is an Albama/Georgia thing?






ks

[Bootsy Whoosh]

I should hope and think that most people, Northerners or not, have heard of peanuts. I have however, never heard of boiling peanuts. I'll have to try them. So you just throw the peanuts in water and let it boil? Or do you have to let the water boil first and then put the peanuts in? Salted, or unsalted, what do you recommend? lol....seriously though, I am always interested in broadening my palate, so let me know the proper way to cook them please.

I have heard of roasted peaunuts.

I always find it fascinating that what you eat seems to depend at least partially on where you live. Like someone on here was talking about eating peanut butter and fluff, and I didn't know what fluff was (I have heard of marshmallow cream or whatever, but never heard it called fluff before). I asked my mom about it, and she said she remembers people eating PB & fluff when she was a kid, but no one around here eats it anymore, that I know of anyway.

[ks]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
I should hope and think that most people, Northerners or not, have heard of peanuts. I have however, never heard of boiling peanuts. I'll have to try them. So you just throw the peanuts in water and let it boil? Or do you have to let the water boil first and then put the peanuts in? Salted, or unsalted, what do you recommend? lol....seriously though, I am always interested in broadening my palate, so let me know the proper way to cook them please.




Sure, Bootsy, I will walk you through the boiling process. It is definaltey something you must try! First off, you leave the peanuts in the shell...

You'll need a broiler and a good amount of peanuts...fill the broiler about 3/4 full of peanuts:

Ok, cover the peanuts in water. Put a cup of salt, or half a cup depending on how much you enjoy salt. Bring it to a boil. Reduce heat to medium. Boil for about forty-five minutes. Leave sitting in the water until it becomes as salty as you want them to be. Rinse them...and TADA! A southern delicasy.
You will love them I'm sure. Once you find some peanuts, which might be the summer since that's when they're out and about, boil some and let me know how you liked them. They really are good! Alot of people don't like them the first time, but by the second time you will have trouble putting them down!

LOL, and just in case you are a rookie: don't eat the hulls!



Oh, and I've never heard of fluff either...?






ks

[ISmellFine]

Originally posted by ks



HONESTLY, Kaley! I like eat them by the bowl full during the summer. They are so incredibly good-too many can make you sick-but they're so incredibly good! Perhaps it is an Albama/Georgia thing?






ks

Yeah, I guess it is. Just like the Alabama/Auburn football thing. GO AUBURN! But wait...they suck and my cuz might be playing for Alabama next year...so...GO BAMA! Ahem. Anyway...

[ks]

Originally posted by Nancy McKeon Rox


Yeah, I guess it is. Just like the Alabama/Auburn football thing. GO AUBURN! But wait...they suck and my cuz might be playing for Alabama next year...so...GO BAMA! Ahem. Anyway...


:lol: Yep! Go Auburn! Even ifI may be closer to Tuscaloosa...WAR EAGLE! -ahem-






ks

[marmalade]

Originally posted by ks




LOL, and just in case you are a rookie: don't eat the hulls!

Haha!

I've eaten them, and I didn't like them, but most of my family does.

[Warm & Fuzzy]

I have! They're good, but I prefer honey roasted ;)

[DJM77]

I ate some boiled peanuts once and I really didn't care for them.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
I should hope and think that most people, Northerners or not, have heard of peanuts.

LOL yeah, I'm a Yankee and I HAVE heard of peanuts. I love them.