Boiled peanuts

[Steppenwolfe]

Native southerner here... I can't stand boiled peanuts... disgusting.

 

[stuckmotor]

South Carolina has been mentioned three times in this thread, in connection with eating boiled peanuts. Until today, I didn't know people all over the country didn't eat them as much as we do.

Congratulations to Bird for doing his part in Texas.

 

[workinonit]

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Those peanuts are boiled and canned 3 miles from my house. Along with a hundred other veggies and fruits. I don't care much for those. I prefer the Spanish or Virginia peanut for boiling. Those G3 and Florgiants are good for roasting.

 

[workinonit]

And BTW, the only way to boil peanuts is with salt. If they are good peanuts.

 

[etpm]

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Yeah, bought me a couple cans. Ate most of one, still have the other. Not near as good as home made.
Eric

 

[etpm]

Around here, it's not unusual at all to find someone sitting in a parking lot with a pickup truck and a peanut boiling apparatus, selling them out of the boiler.
Were the hulls you ate the hulls of immature peanuts? Even boiled, shells of mature peanuts are woody.

I don't know if the green peanuts were immature, I was just a little kid. They were quite soft though.
Eric

 

[shooterdon]

Tried them once. Just awful.

I love peanuts....but not boiled.

 

[jyoutz]

I really liked your story but then I thought all peanuts were boiled? Or maybe I’m exposing my southern upbringing. Don’t eat the shells though.

Most peanuts are boiled to incorporate the salt, then roasted and eaten dry.

 

[stuckmotor]

I don't know if the green peanuts were immature, I was just a little kid. They were quite soft though.
Eric

In my experience the more immature soft peanuts haven't developed distinct hull and nut everything is white or possibly green and tinder. Maybe I should buy a few cups to refresh my memory.

 

[etpm]

In my experience the more immature soft peanuts haven't developed distinct hull and nut everything is white or possibly green and tinder. Maybe I should buy a few cups to refresh my memory.

I like boiled peanuts hot, warm, and cold. I would probably like them green too if I could find them. It's interesting reading the posts here about this subject. I guess boiled peanuts are one of those foods that folks either like or really dislike, not much in between.
Eric

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I like boiled peanuts hot, warm, and cold. I would probably like them green too if I could find them. It's interesting reading the posts here about this subject. I guess boiled peanuts are one of those foods that folks either like or really dislike, not much in between.
Eric

Yep, kinda like Okra. We eat it fried, pickled, in soups and stews, but NOT boiled.

 

[k0ua]

Yep, kinda like Okra. We eat it fried, pickled, in soups and stews, but NOT boiled.

What?, you don't like a nice bowl of snot?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Like my old VoAg teacher used to say, "I'd rather swim a snot river than...(eat boiled okra)".

 

[MoKelly]

Like my old VoAg teacher used to say, "I'd rather swim a snot river than...(eat boiled okra)".

It’s easy to say since there ain’t a snot river - but, I have my doubts.

MoKelly

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Yep, kinda like Okra. We eat it fried, pickled, in soups and stews, but NOT boiled.

Steamed Okra brushed with real butter is scrumptious!!! But... if I had three hands I would choke on fried Okra.

 

[JethroB]

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When the craving hits I’ve bought the canned peanuts. I have “re-boiled” them a time or two to get them just right. Gallon cans are available. Add salt or boil in plain water a bit to remove it if overly salty or too green and needing more cook time. Some convenience stores sell the canned ones that are simmering in a crock pot. Fresh out of local fields are the best but rarely handy to get, pick, and cook. Great football Saturday pastime though with a crowd.

 

[Citydude]

Being from the state of Wyoming, I never knew boiled peanuts or soft shelled crab was a thing until I went to Baton Rouge to see my cousin.

Liked the peanuts but the soft shell crab was like eating mud.

 

[stuckmotor]

Boiled peanuts are like most other foods. Some people like 'um, some don't.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Boiled peanuts are like most other foods. Some people like 'um, some don't.

You are so right! I had an uncle who liked chicken feet...I wouldn't eat them on a bet, but I do like pickled pig's feet with a side of beer and crackers! We used to live in a small, mostly Polish community...they had a favorite dish called Czarnina...sounded like "chinema" to me...a soup made from duck blood. I don't know if I liked it or not; couldn't get up enough nerve to taste it!

 

[stuckmotor]

You are so right! I had an uncle who liked chicken feet...I wouldn't eat them on a bet, but I do like pickled pig's feet with a side of beer and crackers! We used to live in a small, mostly Polish community...they had a favorite dish called Czarnina...sounded like "chinema" to me...a soup made from duck blood. I don't know if I liked it or not; couldn't get up enough nerve to taste it!

The English have a dish called black pudding. I believe it's what my dad's family called blood pudding.