Odd and Interesting foods (was Re: SC - food bashing)

[Catherine Deville]

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> 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"?

I dunno, but there's also a Chinese variant in which the peanuts are
boiled in a strong enough brine that water is drawn out of them, to
produce a perfectly salted peanut in the shell, which, when dried, is
crunchier than roasted peanuts. Sounds a bit weird, I guess, but quite
addictive, and, I assume, lower in fat than roasted ones.

Adamantius
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