Boiled Peanuts

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:38 am

while we are on the subject of peanuts, how about that other southern delicacy, a bag of salted peanuts poured into a bottle of soda. i prefer a dr. pepper. my new york/new jersey buddies always get a kick out of that one.

trousersnakeandlarry · Tue May 15, 2007 8:12 am

Cajun boiled peanuts for the win.

dprice · Post by **dprice** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:07 am

The reason boiled peanuts are a Deep South thing (and not a northern or Tennessee or Kentucky thing) is that peanuts have historically been grown there. In Alabama and Georgia 'specially. They have been a staple crop for a long time (or at least used to be before globalization of agriculture) and so the local people figured out every whichaway to eat them, including boiled. They are delicious and I personally love it that Yankees don't like them. Like grits, y'all can dis em all you want, more for me!

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:42 am

Can you deny there's nothing greater
Nothing more than boiled peanuts and a beer

dcarter · Post by **dcarter** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:22 am

I rarely buy them but I'll devour them when anyone has some. I can understand why someone would object to the liquid mess and the consistency is different than roasted but how can you deny the flavor?

camaroheadus · Post by **camaroheadus** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:11 am

Bound to Get Burned wrote:
ShuckOwens wrote:A follow-up please?
A tasty treat. I put them in the fridge, so tomorrow the flavor will set in, but I've already had a bowl of them. And on my fifth beer!

Kenny

getting warmed up for tommorrow huh kenny? boiled peanuts rock teh house, and just because they are found mostly in the south doesn't mean they are redneck food.

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:49 am

redneck antipasto platter: boiled peanuts, pickled okra, fried pork rinds, and vienna sausages in tomato sauce

Gamecock · Post by **Gamecock** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:57 pm

Boiled Peanuts are fucking awesome... That's all.

ShuckOwens · Post by **ShuckOwens** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:19 pm

Linwood Thorpe wrote:
ShuckOwens wrote:I wonder if it's anything like roasting walnuts? I loves me some walnuts, but if you toast them, they become the most foul-tasting snack imaginable. Like eating dirt clods.
no comparison shuck. Imagine that tasty roasted peanut, but undo the roasting...so you have a green peanut, and then you boil it shell and all. What you are left with is a soggy shell pod and wet nuts (snicker). If you ever get into SC or more south, they have them at like every exit off of the interstate.

Hell, I survived "burgoo" while living in KY. Reckon' I'll give 'em a shot. Never heard of boiled peanuts whilst living in the bluegrass, though.

Bound to Get Burned · Post by **Bound to Get Burned** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:50 pm

ShuckOwens wrote:A follow-up please?

A tasty treat. I put them in the fridge, so tomorrow the flavor will set in, but I've already had a bowl of them. And on my fifth beer!

Kenny

Linwood Thorpe · Post by **Linwood Thorpe** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:48 pm

ShuckOwens wrote:I wonder if it's anything like roasting walnuts? I loves me some walnuts, but if you toast them, they become the most foul-tasting snack imaginable. Like eating dirt clods.

no comparison shuck. Imagine that tasty roasted peanut, but undo the roasting...so you have a green peanut, and then you boil it shell and all. What you are left with is a soggy shell pod and wet nuts (snicker). If you ever get into SC or more south, they have them at like every exit off of the interstate.

ShuckOwens · Post by **ShuckOwens** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:29 pm

I wonder if it's anything like roasting walnuts? I loves me some walnuts, but if you toast them, they become the most foul-tasting snack imaginable. Like eating dirt clods.

Linwood Thorpe · Post by **Linwood Thorpe** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:13 pm

dude, i never even HEARD of a boiled peanut until I moved to the south. Of course, i had to pull over and try them...oye vay. Those are terrible.

ShuckOwens · Post by **ShuckOwens** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:04 pm

A follow-up please?

Bound to Get Burned · Post by **Bound to Get Burned** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:31 pm

Went to the grocery store today and they had some green peanuts in the produce section. Now, I'm drinking a beer and boiling the peanuts in some salt, water, beer, and some cajun seasoning.

Can't wait till they're done. Love me some boiled peanuts!

Kenny