Boiled Peanuts

I've been craving some boiled peanuts so i bought 8 pounds yesterday at the fruit/veggie stand....This pic shows the first stage of heating and soaking with a little spice.....Started them at 11 AM today and they will not be ready until tommorrow at 2 or so in the afternoon....I'll heat them several times to a boil and let them sit then I will boil then hard for 3 hours at the end and make sure the seasoniong is right then let then sit one more time for 2 or 3 hours before I bag and freeze some of them....Will add more pics as I go.

I've never heard of this before, what do you all do with them after you boil them.

Eat them....they are excellent snack food...Go great with a cold pepsi or a cold beer....Lots of folks up north i have spoken to do not like them...i think that its because they were not born and raised around boiled peanuts like I have been....Also some folks do not know good recipes for boiled peanuts and a first time taste test can kill it for a first timer if they taste bad.....if you get to try them just remember they will not taste like a roasted peanut...they taste more like a bean.

I wonder if they taste sort of like a soybean? We poach and roast soybeans here and they are awesome! They are also a VERY healthy snack food!

I dunno...Never eaten a soybean except in a soy burger and that was kinda nasty...upset my stomach too.

Soy burgers are NASTY LOLOL

ever try soy milk?

Yes and that is NASTY too.. My x sis-in-law started drinking soy milk when she was on a diet. She said it wasn't that bad once you got used to it. I told her the first drink was enough for me LOL... Baby formula is also made of soy milk and that is some NASTY smelling and tasting stuff

saltfisher1 wrote:

I dunno...Never eaten a soybean except in a soy burger and that was kinda nasty...upset my stomach too.

We call them gut bombs, you can get them at most convenience stores, man use to live on them from the dumpsters when i lived in my truck many years ago.

saltfisher1 wrote:

ever try soy milk?

that is what my wife does for a job, she makes all kinds of that crap yuk.

bluegill wrote:

Yes and that is NASTY too.. My x sis-in-law started drinking soy milk when she was on a diet. She said it wasn't that bad once you got used to it. I told her the first drink was enough for me LOL... Baby formula is also made of soy milk and that is some NASTY smelling and tasting stuff

I've never seen a teet on a soybean...how they milk those things?

I never heard about it... never try it on soy either... no idea..

All the times I have been to Florida I have never tried them. I have not liked anything made of soy that I have ever tried. Deer like them though...

Back to the boiled peanut thing....I might be able to can a couple of quarts and send them by mail...Not sure if they would make it or be broken.....I'll try that in a month or 2.....I might have to get some styrofoam and packing materials to cushion it for the ride.

The peanuts have soaked up enough water now so they dont float so its time for extra spice to get them ready for the last boil in the morning...i added about half a cup of crushed peppers for some mild heat plus adjusted the salt content.

Wow, its seem very good!! I would like to taste it!

they look really good, Greg! Other than the crushed red pepper. They would more than likely set my body on fire LOL!

saltfisher1 wrote:

Back to the boiled peanut thing....I might be able to can a couple of quarts and send them by mail...Not sure if they would make it or be broken.....I'll try that in a month or 2.....I might have to get some styrofoam and packing materials to cushion it for the ride.

I know it's a bit of work greg, but it works good to pack them up like i did, they make it every time lolol.

thats what I was thinking....I just have to get a good seal on a jar before I try to send it.

I bought a bag of boiled peanuts in Ga.,didnt even start to like them at all.

richardcatdaddy wrote:

I bought a bag of boiled peanuts in Ga.,didnt even start to like them at all.

Were they out of the cooler section of the store or out of a pot of hot brine water?


PS...not everyone can cook them right.

A old man at a truck stop was boiling them in a cart.

I wonder if he had used the same brine for too many days...You never know.