SC - food bashing

[Catherine Deville]

Sieggy wrote:
>     Boiled peanuts isn't a food - it's a ritual. For those of us who grew up
>in the old south, digging up mats of peanuts, hosing them off, stripping
>them out of the mass of root fibers, boiling them up with your favorite
>boiling mix, letting them cool while enjoying the aroma to where you don't
>have to do the ol' scream, toss & blow when you peel 'em, just think of it
>as a southern running the sap sort of thing.

In Indonesia they just boil peanuts in water, without salt or any 
other flavor. I found them bland, dull, and soggy, although they were 
a popular snack. What sorts of things do Southern Americans use for 
"boiling mix"?

Anahita al-shazhiyya
who likes her peanuts toasted and crunchy