"Serene Vannoy" wrote:
Horry wrote:

>>> southern boiled peanuts
>> >> What are these, Carol?

> I'm not Carol, but those are a favorite in the part of my family that
> comes from Mississippi and Charleston. Take a mess of *RAW* peanuts in
> the shell, and boil them for several hours in very salty water. We like to
> eat them cold. The peanut shells capture a little of the salty water, and
> it's delicious. The peanuts themselves end up the texture of beans, which
> they of course are. It's the only way I really like peanuts, except in
> Thai peanut sauce.

Hehe fellow southerner I see! I've made them many ways, not just with
salted water. With sea water, with spices added (I tend to red chiles in
pwdered form but wasabi works nicely too).

We like them warm right from the pot and just scoup out a bowl-ful with a
metal hand strainer then peel as we eat with a second bowl for the shells.