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I loved salted and roasted Peanuts. Especially in a bottle of Diet Coke. My only encounter with "boiled Peanuts" was way back in the 1980's when I was an owner/operator in the trucking business. I live in Nebraska and have the typical midwest accent. I was in South Georgia and had stopped at a back roads convenience store. I grabbed a cold Coca Cola out of the cooler and was looking for a snack when I noticed a bunch of brown paper bags on the counter. I had never seen anything quite like them so I asked the young lady behind the counter what they were. I swear it sounded like she said "Bull penises". This sort of shocked me so I asked her again. Again I heard her say "Bull Penises!". Another customer was listening in and he offered to translate into Midwest speak. He said those are "Boiled Peanuts". I bought a bag but I can't say I really liked them. I prefer them roasted, salted and in my Coke.
I loved salted and roasted Peanuts. Especially in a bottle of Diet Coke. My only encounter with "boiled Peanuts" was way back in the 1980's when I was an owner/operator in the trucking business. I live in Nebraska and have the typical midwest accent. I was in South Georgia and had stopped at a back roads convenience store. I grabbed a cold Coca Cola out of the cooler and was looking for a snack when I noticed a bunch of brown paper bags on the counter. I had never seen anything quite like them so I asked the young lady behind the counter what they were. I swear it sounded like she said "Bull penises". This sort of shocked me so I asked her again. Again I heard her say "Bull Penises!". Another customer was listening in and he offered to translate into Midwest speak. He said those are "Boiled Peanuts". I bought a bag but I can't say I really liked them. I prefer them roasted, salted and in my Coke.
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If you had them in a brown bag; they were not the good ones. You want the ones served hot out of a Crock Pot. They usually sell two kinds down South: regular, boiled in a salt brine, and Cajun. They are a little messy to eat; but well worth the mess.
Actually; I found cans of boiled peanuts in my local supermarket in their ethnic selection. They were not bad – but not as good as the ones down South.
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However; I was originally born in the old Smithfield ham territory in VA (my parents moved me up to PA when I was only a year old). My grandmother, in Virginia, used to serve those hams that she scrapped the mold off - the ones that tasted like they sprinkled ham flavoring on the salt block. Fortunately there was a new study that suggested that high salt intake was actually good for us!...snipped...
[quote]I bugged my daughter in Charlotte to send me a Smithfield ham one year for Christmas. It was the kind you had to boil, etc, etc. I finally gave it away because I really didn't know how to prepare it.....I never told her. I have had that dry, salt cured kind of ham up in the Carolinas @ a Shoney's no less. I snuck some out from the buffet and a couple of biscuits, to carry up the road with me. Also a gallon of water......
I have heard them called "biled" peanuts.....LOL and that wasn't meant derogatory (sp) just the local pronunciation...gotta love the South....<s> I love this thread.
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However; I was originally born in the old Smithfield ham territory in VA (my parents moved me up to PA when I was only a year old). My grandmother, in Virginia, used to serve those hams that she scrapped the mold off - the ones that tasted like they sprinkled ham flavoring on the salt block. Fortunately there was a new study that suggested that high salt intake was actually good for us!...snipped...
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I bugged my daughter in Charlotte to send me a Smithfield ham one year for Christmas. It was the kind you had to boil, etc, etc. I finally gave it away because I really didn't know how to prepare it.....I never told her. I have had that dry, salt cured kind of ham up in the Carolinas @ a Shoney's no less. I snuck some out from the buffet and a couple of biscuits, to carry up the road with me. Also a gallon of water......
I have heard them called "biled" peanuts.....LOL and that wasn't meant derogatory (sp) just the local pronunciation...gotta love the South....<s> I love this thread.
Have you seen the price of Smithfield hams today? Here is a link: Genuine Smithfield Hams - Genuine Smithfield Ham Perhaps you should ask for that ham back? Heck; if you tossed it in the safety deposit box it would have made you better money than the interest that the banks pay!
For $100 you can get your salt overdose on a lot of boiled peanuts.
I always loved my grandmother from Virginia home cooking. Lots of bacon fat on the beans and collard greens and those Smithfield hams – I did not know that they would get so expensive. My grandmother in PA was feeding me plenty of cow's tongues. They were very inexpensive fifty and sixty years ago – now they are $30. Times change and everything goes up.
Used to be you'd find them at small town roadside produce vendors and convenience stores here in nw Florida. The local gas station/store has them here most of the time in both reg. & cajun. Really good.
When I lived in the South, I used to be able to find giant green peanuts in the supermarkets. Oh, how I loved them! We can't get them in the north at all...other than a small can of little peanuts.
When I lived in the South, I used to be able to find giant green peanuts in the supermarkets. Oh, how I loved them! We can't get them in the north at all...other than a small can of little peanuts.
Many people have moved up North from down South. Many people have vacationed down South. You would think that somebody would catch on and try to make and sell fresh boiled peanuts up here!
It was always a highlight of the trucking runs that I made to Florida from PA. I used to grab a cup or two of them from a little truck stop in Georgia.
Many people have moved up North from down South. Many people have vacationed down South. You would think that somebody would catch on and try to make and sell fresh boiled peanuts up here!
It was always a highlight of the trucking runs that I made to Florida from PA. I used to grab a cup or two of them from a little truck stop in Georgia.
That's a great idea! I don't know why they can't ship some up here...those great big green ones! So delicious!
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I used to grab a cup or two of them from a little truck stop in Georgia.
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