boiled peanuts: classic or gross?

i have never eaten this regional food product.

the idea of a green boiled peanut repels me. and you eat them by sucking them out of the softened shell? ewwww.

otoh, this is maybe not very different at all from edamame, which i enjoy.

what are they like?

the south will rise again!
never had them but they are supposed to be awesome.

i have seen cans of these but i am afraid of what's inside

most classic food ever

don't eat them canned

only freshly boiled in a styrofoam cup that you buy from a guy on the side of the road

actually the edamame comparison is not soooo off. just earthier.

Completely classic.

They are really like nothing else though since texturally they are a lot uh slimier than edamame and the taste is totally different. Gotta get 'em fresh in a paper sack from the side of the road too. Canned is mech. Although I have had them frozen and they were okay.

They're good! Edamame is a good reference point. My wife makes them so salty they leave a salt crust on the saucepan she cooks them in.

Actually I think this who made the frozen version I had:

http://www.boiledpeanuts.com/index.html

They shouldn't be slimy though.

can eat several pounds of them at one sitting, unmitigated classic

They are very good, and I'm neither a native southerner nor very tolerant of slimy boiled things. Well worth a stop at a roadside stand if you are traveling through the US south.

They're easy enough to make! Raw unshelled peanuts (well washed), a lot of water, a fair lot of salt, bring to a boil, drop the heat back and let them simmer for 40 minutes or so, depending on how done you want them. You want the water to penetrate the shells, so when you bite the shell gently you get a burst of briny goodness.

i was surprised i liked them, thought they would be gross.

yeah i don't think they are slimy!

Eh wet and briny then. Either way the texture is completely different from edamame.

wow ok so maybe i could give these a shot

WmC & theresa covered all the bases. they are indeed awesome.

I lived in south GA (not an hour from Jimmy Carter's family farm!) when I was a kid and these were EVERYWHERE

classic
very surprisingly soft
the ones i had were from the can
made in a chili broth in a slow cooker
totally unexpected and wonderful

Elmo plz try these and report back yr astonished deliciosity.

I've lived in the south all my life and I HATE THEM. The smell alone is enough to knock you into last year, but the mushy, salty, grossness of them can't be expressed in words.

they aren't mushy when done right.

You know you're in good hands when the painted sign advertises "bolled" rather than "boiled"

yes, the proper pronunciation sounds like "bowled" or "boled"

but warning: do not eat boweled peanuts!

i like boiled peanuts. they should be gross but they're kinda addictive.

¡bold peanuts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXNX4r1eutY

probably better than boiled peanuts could possibly taste.

I'm intrigued by the idea of this. It sounds like the kind of thing one'd have as a good bar snack with beer, so I can see the endamame comparison.

it's a great accompaniment to cheap beer!

I wonder if we can even buy raw peanuts in Aus. Fucknose if theyre even grown here. Everything else seems to be imported from china these days food wise.

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Wow, that guy in that video boiled those things for a hell of a lot longer than my wife does.

I bet they'd be good juked up with a big spoonful of sambal oelek in the cooking water.

i had them served with hot peppers once - A+

Classic as fuck. Peanut Patch makes the best canned version, but as mentioned above, fresh boiled peanuts are the way to go. I usually do a half cup of salt for three pounds of green peanuts at a high boil for a little over an hour. Pissed many a roommate off with the smell.

Also, I plan on going to this one day: http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3692

So fucking tasty. One of the world's great roadside foods. There's a guy who sells amazing ones on the 80 into Tybee Island, GA.

Holy shit, that Encyclopedia of Alabama logo is one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen.

I saw a road side truck selling boiled peanuts in Florida yesterday. If we hadn't been on our way to the airport I would have made my dad stop so I could get some. They also had GATOR JERKY. O_O

GOOBERS!!!