Carrots in my boiled peanuts?

[leo311]

Hanging at the station today, the 24 part of the 24/48, and decided to get some boiled peanuts. I've gotten a taste for the cajun style, although I presume no cajun of any salt would eat boiled peanuts. Anyway, to my surprise there were carrot slices in my peanuts. Ever seen such? It was a first for me. Leo.

[Bob3]

I'll bet it's like the worm in the tequila bottle, one got in by accident & the guy selling it says "It's supposed to be in there!"
:D

[MissyP]

Hanging at the station today, the 24 part of the 24/48, and decided to get some boiled peanuts. I've gotten a taste for the cajun style, although I presume no cajun of any salt would eat boiled peanuts. Anyway, to my surprise there were carrot slices in my peanuts. Ever seen such? It was a first for me. Leo.

I was raised in "cajun country", southern Louisiana, but you're right- boiled peanuts are not very popular there.. I had never heard of them until I went to a local BBQ place here in California (the owner was from Georgia) and saw them on the menu. The people at the table next to me ordered some, but there were no carrots in them....

[Bob3]

I have a sack of 'em sitting in the freezer right now; boiled 'em up last fall & froze them in a block of brine.
I better go check them out for quality assurance purposes... :D
Boiled peanuts is pretty much a SE Coast thing, you can even buy them in cans.
Nothing like the great big thumb sized VA ones though...

[Rick Inman]

I was in the middle of Nowhere Missouri where you couldn't tell if the gas stations were open or condemned, and right next to the cash register was a box of something ziplock-bagged up for a dollar a bag that the guy said was called "bold pie-nuts".
It was boiled peanuts and tasted like it had been left under the car seat for a month.
I don't know how you guys can ingest that junk.

[AevnsGrandpa]

A few years ago I moved my daughter and new son-in-law to Jacksonville Florida and we stopped by a road side rest stop in Georgia and my new son-in-law said, "Try some boiled peanuts, I love them".

I have never had something as bland tasting and nasty looking as boiled peanuts in my life.

Oh, and I don't like crawfish either!! (I'm a wimpy northerner!!)

Jeff

[jonnythan]

How are peanuts normally cooked?

[dlndavid]

How are peanuts normally cooked?

This my friend is top secret, I could tell you, but you know...

http://www.boiledpeanuts.com/ ;)

[CathyI8205]

I had my first boiled peanuts at a Bandana's BBQ place here. They were wonderful! My husband is from Atlanta and he says they have the best ones down there. He said they would be boiling for days. Yum!

[ScottZeagle]

How are peanuts normally cooked?


According to the Mr. Peanut can setting here, they are dry roasted!!! ;)

Scott (who can't stand boiled peanuts, but like the dry roasted ones...)

[MissyP]

Oh, and I don't like crawfish either!!

Jeff

thems fightin' words!!! :biggrin2:

[humanFish]

I have family in North Carolina. I was first introduced to boiled peanuts there. I love them. In the south you can buy them pre-cooked and canned. Here is California I have often ordered them online and cooked them at home. I'd say fifty percent of the people that try them don't care for them. You can add just about any dry spice you want but the best way is just salt. You can freeze them and defrost/heat them when you want. Goes great with a beer or two.

enjoy.

[CathyI8205]

Do carrots add to the flavor?

[benncool]

They sell boiled peanuts at these road side stands just to suck in the Yankee tourist. I don't believe anyone form the South really eat them. When ever a Yankee stops by and buys some the owner and the rest of the clan goes into the back room and laugh until they pee their pants.

I was one of those Yankees. I went on a snipe hunt too when I was a kid.:)

[humanFish]

They sell boiled peanuts at these road side stands just to suck in the Yankee tourist. I don't believe anyone form the South really eat them. When ever a Yankee stops by and buys some the owner and the rest of the clan goes into the back room and laugh until they pee their pants.

I was one of those Yankees. I went on a snipe hunt too when I was a kid.:)

you are trippin'

[FredT]

I have never had something as bland tasting and nasty looking as boiled peanuts in my life.

Oh, and I don't like crawfish either!! (I'm a wimpy northerner!!)

Jeff

Wrong spice mix! Band has nothing to do with boiled peanuts around here.

Start with a 60 Qt pot and cajun boiler. Fill halfway with water, add 1 bottle dry Zatarains crab boil or Tony Chatcheries seasoning, add 1 pound ground dry cayenne or 1 cup crushed Savina Red peppers in brine, and another pound or so of salt. Add fresh peanuts in the shell to fill the pot (30 pounds or so). A SST plate cut to cover the basket and hold the nuts down in the soup is a good thing. Tossing in a few whole Garlic cloves and a few onions are a personal choice.

Bring this mess up to a slow boil, cover and hold at a simmer for about 12 hours, adding water as necessary to keep them covered. Once done decant and prevent them from drying out.

Once the nuts are cool enough to pickup dig out the beer or long island iced tea chasers and dig in!

BTW The boiling tea is an ideal fire ant extinguisher if poured over a hill while it's still hot. The heat kills the ants and the pepper keeps them from coming back.

FT

[Rick Murchison]

Carrots? Never heard of or seen such a thing. I have seen them in big jars of Jalapeņos, but never boiled peanuts.
Now if I'm gonna use Rex's or Zatarain's, I want shrimp, crab or crawdads. Peanuts just need salt.
Rick

[leo311]

Been off the site for a while. You're right Rick, lots of salt and the occasional frosty adult beverage. That was a first for me. I've seen the "cajun" style p-nuts around at several places over the years, and the flavor sort of reminds me of the Tony Chatcheries (love that stuff on anything). Leo.