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Boiled Peanuts

dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
We spend a fair amount of time just outside the Charleston, S.C. area and became hooked on "Boiled Peanuts" that are redially available down there. I found a store that sells raw peanuts up here but can't get them to taste other than a boiled peanut! What seasonings go into the pot?
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sitting here with a big bowl of cajun style boiled peanut and watching the History channel. It does not get any better than this. Don
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love them [:D]

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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love them but they are hard to eat.Try eating them with a tongue that dont move. Plus small peices fall between my teath and gum. After i get done i have to rinse my mouth out several times to get all the pieces out but they are worth it.

    Not having a moving tongue is hard.
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Used to eat them when I was in my 20's,....lost the taste for them I guess.

    It's been many years since I had any.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,706 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nothing like boiled peanuts ..... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

    Stopped a a roadside stand a couple of weeks ago, they had regular and spicy, bought a bag of each.
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cant eat anything spicy since surgery. A pepperoni is to hot for me now. The 1/4 inch piece of tongue left is really sensitive. Ice cream is too cold.
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't even imagine what it would be like to chew without a functioning tongue.

    How do you move the food around in your mouth Dave?
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • Ford 23Ford 23 Member Posts: 3,129
    edited November -1
    This might sound like a weird question, but us Yankees aren't into boiled peanuts. I have probably 50 pounds of raw peanuts in the shell how do you prepare them?
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,681 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The proper pronunciation seems to be 'bolled' peanuts.

    Had a customer from SC offer me some, and it took me about 5 tries before I could figure out what he was saying.

    They were OK, but there are about 100 better ways to eat peanuts.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Boil them in salted water,along with a ham hock or some smoked neck bones,for about 1.5-2hrs.
    If their still crunchy, go another 30-45 min.
    Around here their called "Goober-Peas"..
    I LOVE'EM!![:p][:p]
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anything i eat i have to wash down with mashed potatoes or milk. What ever i eat just stays where it ends up then i put mashed potatoes in and push the rest down. It sucks but i cant fix it. On top of that my jaw is all jacked up from radiation so i cant chew but so many times before it hurts to bad to eat. Then i just drink milk. Its getting old.
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • torosapotorosapo Member Posts: 4,946
    edited November -1
    Never cared for boiled peanut, roasted are better to me. Always have been and always wiil be a Yankee.
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am a true blue 5th generation southerner,and I never liked boiled peanuts,but I do love home made peanut butter,and candy with peanuts,or just plain roasted...folks down here boil them in "crab-boil" or Cayenne pepper...My stopped at "Mr. Peanut" today and got me some jumbo cashews...[:D]
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dav1965
    Anything i eat i have to wash down with mashed potatoes or milk. What ever i eat just stays where it ends up then i put mashed potatoes in and push the rest down. It sucks but i cant fix it. On top of that my jaw is all jacked up from radiation so i cant chew but so many times before it hurts to bad to eat. Then i just drink milk. Its getting old.

    But,,, you are here and eating and "speaking"/interacting with us all..
    I for one, am glad and thankful of that.
    The alternative......Not so good...
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  • River RatRiver Rat Member Posts: 9,022 ✭
    edited November -1
    Never in my life have I seen, smelled, or eaten boiled peanuts. Wouldn't know where to look for them.

    Dave, 30 years ago I lost the tip of my tongue in a bicycle accident. Trust me, it takes a while but the sensitivity gets better. My deal wasn't near as radical as yours, of course, but I know the sensation you're talking about. Seriously, I found that a beer or two helps.

    Hang in there.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,758 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I too love boiled peanuts. We have a farmer that grows them here in our home town. He plants over 500 acres of peanuts and its a sight to see the mexicans by the hundreds come in on one day and pick a field clean. His wife has a road side stand and sells them green or boiled. I buy a 50 pound bag and take them into work for the guys.
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  • A J ChristA J Christ Member Posts: 7,534 ✭
    edited November -1
    They have probably caused more vehicle accidents than cell phones.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,758 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by A J Christ
    They have probably caused more vehicle accidents than cell phones.


    Thats nothing,
    Look at all the hang-overs they have caused. [:D]
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,183 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by River Rat
    Never in my life have I seen, smelled, or eaten boiled peanuts. Wouldn't know where to look for them.
    Same here.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I must be a yankee, bolled penuts don't even sound good, and I love roasted.
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  • ltcdotyltcdoty Member Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm a Yankee that got turned on to them while going to a school at Ft. Lee, Virginia. Ate em with beer in a bar in Petersburg, they are beautiful thing.
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