about to start a batch of boiled peanuts. Anyone want some?

[wyldwolf]

[antiquie]

1. Yes. Tell more. Pictures?

This does not look like any peanut this SoCal girl ever ate.

[wyldwolf]

3. Caviar of the south

Total Time: 7 hrs 10 mins
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 7 hrs

1 1/2 quarts uncooked green peanuts
1/2 cup salt
2 1/2 quarts water
Directions:

1. Wash Peanuts until water runs clear.
2. Place peanuts in crock pot.
3. Add salt and water; stir.
4. Cook, covered, on high for 5 to 7 hours.
5. Add additional water during cooking, if necessary, to keep peanuts covered.

I like them so soft you don't have to shell them unless you want to.

[antiquie]

10. Yum, good protein source, too, but

Nutrition summary:
There are 572 calories in 1 cup of shelled Boiled Peanuts.
Calorie breakdown: 59% fat, 25% carbs, 16% protein

[wyldwolf]

11. I'll save you 1/2 cup

[antiquie]

12. Perfect.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. luv 'em

[Goalie49009]

4. Strange never heard of boiled peanuts

deep fried snicker bar, but never boiled peanuts.....sounds interesting enough to try though.

[GoCubsGo]

7. They are very similar to edamame.

I was horrified when I first heard of them, but I am glad I tried them.

[LiberalElite]

16. They're sold in cans in Florida - eom

[OriginalGeek]

17. That's only for when

our regular road-side guy is on vacation.

[LiberalElite]

20. ah-

I only visit Florida. You can find a lot in NYC but not boiled peanuts.

[OriginalGeek]

21. If you drive

stop in Savannah, GA for the best boiled peanuts I've ever had. This guy has been boiling them in front of his house for as long as my wife can remember - I've only been married to her for 27 years so I don;t know how far back he goes. He got an awning a while back so now he can sit in the shade. He and his wife are simply the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. My wife no longer has family living there to visit but we go anyway for peanuts.

[Populist_Prole]

5. I love 'em!

I tried them a few years back and got instantly hooked.

[wyldwolf]

6. I grew up... and out... with them...

Grandmother used to make them and I always stop at roadside fruit stands for them. Just recently started making them myself

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yes, please!

Yum!

[Flaxbee]

9. heaven. I don't like 'unboiled' peanuts, can't get enough of boiled peanuts...

but limit my intake so as to continue to fit into my clothes.

[nolabear]

13. Every time I go to the South I look for a truck.

Boiled peanuts and shrimp sold off the back of a truck are two of life's real pleasures. CAJUN boiled peanuts are even better. Throw a bunch of Tony Cachere in there and yuuuu-uuum!!

[Rowdyboy]

14. Have a pot on the stove almot ready right now....

Can't wait!

[tavernier]

15. Yum!!

But I have to admit to loving them from the back road gas stations where they add lots of red peppers, probably to kill off the bacteria of everyone dipping scoops out of the vat.

[Locut0s]

18. Interesting I didn't know these existed outside Asia...

Boiled peanuts are quite common in China. Never has bean a favorite of mine. I like peanuts but when you boil them they take on a sort of slightly mushy pasty texture I don't care for. Didn't know they were popular in the US.

[wyldwolf]

19. I didn't know they existed IN Asia, though I don't doubt it all all

As far as I can tell, they were "invented" in the South, but most likely from techniques brought from Africa by slaves.

But I imagine any society with peanuts in the diet has a tradition with them. Throwing them into boiling water is just obvious.