SC - Re: speaking of peanuts

[Olwen the Odd]

I tried the canned stuff once.  Yuk!
I do make and love boiled peanuts though. Every time I see raw peanuts for 
sale I just gotta go there.   I gotta try the cajun style!
Olwen
>I found that the canned stuff is simply a substitute for really hard-core
>boiled peanut eaters when they can't get the real ones.  The best are the
>ones you stop off on a roadside and buy straight from the boiling pot some
>old-timer has had going since sun-up.  There was a place in Alabama between
>here and Memphis called the "Hot Nut Hut" that had 3 huge cauldrons of
>peanuts going all the time.  One was cajun, one was salt, and I don't know
>what the other flavor was.  They have since gone out of business (I REALLY
>wanted to know what happened to those cauldrons!), and I have not made that
>trip to Memphis since last year, but the smaller roadside guys are good,
>too.  I did not like boiled peanuts until introduced to the really fresh
>ones, so consider canned asparagus when you open your tinned goobers!
>Christianna
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> > [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Stefan li Rous
> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:34 AM
> > To: SCA-Cooks maillist
> > Subject: Re: SC - Re: speaking of peanuts
> >
> >
> > Magdalena said:
> > > > I was told that boiled peanuts seem to be exotic much west of the
> > > > Mississippi, and I sure didn't notice any at flea markets in
> > Colorado. I'm
> > > > sure they feel the lack of them <G>.
> > >
> > > North of the Mason Dixon line, too.  Only way I've ever seen 'em was
> > > roasted.  I would like to try them boiled, though!
> >
> > Interesting that this is coming up now. A while back, I seem to
> > remember us having a discussion on boiled peanuts. Not as a period
> > food, but just as a discussion. Anyway, Saturday when I was in my
> > Central Market store (which I've mentioned here before) I noticed
> > they had canned boiled peanuts. A rather expensive way to get peanuts,
> > but since we had discussed them here before, in a bit of food 
>exploration,
> > I bought a can. I have not opened them yet.
> >
> > The can says: Roddenbery's Peanut Patch, Green boiled peanuts.
> > Ingredients:
> > Green boiled peanuts, water and salt. If the picture on the front is
> > correct, then they are still in their shells. When I shake it there is
> > a lot of sloshy sounds  As I said, probably an expensive way to get
> > peanuts. Once removed from their shells there probably aren't going
> > to be that many peanuts.
> >
> > Oh, and the company is Dean Foods Company, Green Bay WI. I think
> > that's north of the Mason Dixon line. :-)
> >
> > Oh yes, Waverly Root in "Food" also says the peanut is native to Peru
> > or Brazil. He has several pages about the peanut including almost
> > period quotes from the early 17th century.
> >
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> > THLord  Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
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