In A Nutshell, Boiled Peanuts Better For You

Newhouse News ^ | 10/28/2007 | Kent Faulk

[Incorrigible]

 

I like peanuts but never had them boiled.  I'll have to give it a try.

 

[dakine]

“Bowled” peanuts... get it right...

[ladtx]

It’s an acquired taste. We lived in LA (Lower Alabama) for 11 years and never acquired the taste for them.

[SteveMcKing]

Is peanut-butter heated in the production process? (I know “natural” peanut-butter isn’t, the way they grind it in the store sometimes.)

[hoe_cake]

I love boiled peanuts! one of the greatest southern foods.

[Safetgiver]

I love boiled peanuts...called grits, ain’t they?

[Lazamataz]

I love boiled peanuts! one of the greatest southern foods.

There's a stand on Hwy 316 where the guy 'salts' them with Cajun spices.

YUM.

[Hoodlum91]

But they’re nasty.

[hoe_cake]

“I love boiled peanuts...called grits, ain’t they?”

Why, shame on you, sir! That is close to blasphemy!

[MBB1984]

Boiled peanuts are delicious!

[hoe_cake]

“There’s a stand on Hwy 316 where the guy ‘salts’ them with Cajun spices.”

“Fried” peanuts have been appearing down south, here, and they are spicy hot. But I like mine the old fashioned way, and salty, but not too salty.

[hoe_cake]

Boiled peanuts, grits, fried okra, black eye peas, hoe cakes...

we Southerners know how to eat, missy.

[American_Centurion]

My most favorite snack in the whole world.

I love them boiled and then chilled in the fridge!

((Homer Simpson)) Ahhhhhhhh Boiled peanuts (drool). /homer

[fishergirl]

I love boiled peanuts, too! My husband does them in the crock pot sometimes and he adds his own Cajun seasoning.

[Hoodlum91]

grits and hoe cakes aren’t too bad.

Fried okra - so,so.
I was always afraid of black eyed peas. The look like they’re staring at you from the plate.

Boiled peanuts shouild be banned under the Geneva convention as torture.

[fish hawk]

Boiled peanuts have always been a big hit here in Hawaii. Almost every mom and pop store has them. MMMmmgood too.

[texas_mrs]

Born and lived in Texas all my life. I cannot bring myself to try boiled peanuts. Reading here that they are mushy only reinforces my feelings that this is disgusting!

Peanuts used to be the largest crop in this area and are still one of the largest. Nothing smells better than roasted, salted peanuts right out of the oven.

[Muleteam1]

Unknown to many, Portales, New Mexico is one of the largest producers of Valencia peanuts in the United States. Salted and boiled-in-the-shell Valencias are great although the salt probably counteracts any health benefits. :)

[lOKKI]

In A Nutshell, Boiled Peanuts Better For You “

Yeah? So? Tofu is probably better for me than any form of peanuts, but I’m NOT going to eat tofu - or boiled peanuts - with my beer, and that’s the end of it!

[RosieCotton]

Had a guy introduce me to these when I was in Air Force tech school in Mississippi. I loved them, but I’ve never seen them since! Definitely a regional thing, I guess.