On 11/6/2018 2:19 PM, notbob wrote:
> I jes bought a 30 oz bag o' "raw peanuts" from WW.
>
> When I say "raw", I mean "raw"! No salt. No roast. No shell. They
> didn't even take the skins off! They are seriously raw! Bleah!!
>
> What can I do with 'em? I gotta blender and an FP. Peanut butter?
> Roast 'em? I got plenty o' cookie sheets.
>
> They're practically inedible, this way. 8|
>
> nb
>

Of course they're inedible, they're raw! I read through the replies
and noticed a number of people suggested roasting them. Sure, that'll
work. A couple mentioned boiling them, uh, I wouldn't.

My answer is Peanut Brittle! You *want* raw unsalted shelled peanuts
for brittle, yes even with skins on. Reason being, cooked peanuts would
burn (or at least seriously taste bad) after cooking in the sugary syrup
concoction until it reaches the hard crack stage. I used to make peanut
brittle every holiday season, since I was a teenager.

I got the recipe when I was 16. A neighbor boy on the next street and I
were friends. I was in their kitchen one day not long after
Thanksgiving. His mother offered me some of her homemade peanut
brittle. WOW! This is delicious! I asked her for the recipe and she
wrote it down for me. I went home all excited, told my mother we were
going to make peanut brittle! That's a fun memory.

I haven't made peanut brittle in at least 15 years. I'm thinking about
looking for some raw peanuts and making some this year.

Jill