boiled peanuts..

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:19 pm

are sooo addictive.

I started a batch a couple days ago.. I let 'em soak overnight in salt water & creole seasonings before boiling them, then once they were done, I turned off the crockpot and left them in overnight to keep warm. This morning before leaving for work I couldn't tear myself away from them. I had to bag a bunch of them up and bring them to the office. Now I've got a mess of shells on my desk and my keyboard smells like cajun boiled peanuts, DOH!!

These are going to go very well with an ice cold dark beer once I'm home tonight.

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:47 pm

koldchillah wrote:are sooo addictive.

I started a batch a couple days ago.. I let 'em soak overnight in salt water & creole seasonings before boiling them, then once they were done, I turned off the crockpot and left them in overnight to keep warm. This morning before leaving for work I couldn't tear myself away from them. I had to bag a bunch of them up and bring them to the office. Now I've got a mess of shells on my desk and my keyboard smells like cajun boiled peanuts, DOH!!

These are going to go very well with an ice cold dark beer once I'm home tonight.

Sounds good Peanut breath heheheeh

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:02 pm

Spammy wrote:Sounds good Peanut breath heheheeh

buurrp!

fastchevy · Post by **fastchevy** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:04 pm

hhhmm never heard of them...
I'd try them, but me and the kitchen don't get along.

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:08 pm

I have only had them once and thought they were great. The ones I tried were plain, cajun sounds really good.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:09 pm

Spammy wrote:Sounds good Peanut breath heheheeh

I guess that's better than penis breath, unless you're into that sorta thing

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:13 pm

fastchevy wrote:hhhmm never heard of them...
I'd try them, but me and the kitchen don't get along.

Dude, it's so easy.. Do you own a crock pot or slow cooker? You can use a regular large pot, but I like 'em slow boiled.

For a basic batch, all you have to do is get a bag of raw peanuts in the shell from the local grocer. Toss half a bag into a slow cooker, dump a bunch of salt in the water + any hot sauce or seasoning you'd like to add for flavor. You could google recipes for exact amounts of salt etc., but I prefer to "add to taste" as they are cooking.

Start boilin' 'em say at 5pm (however I like to soak 'em in seasoned salt water overnight before ever turning on the cooker), then when you go to bed, turn the slow cooker down to low and the next morning you should have a nice little batch.

Plus, you can leave them on low all day and when you get home from work they'll be nice and warm.

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:19 pm

Southern folk dig 'em. Hell, just about any rural road that leads to nowhere will have a guy 30 miles from nothing sellin' boiled peanuts on the side of the road and believe it or not, "that guy" is probably making a killing.

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:37 pm

Prey521 wrote:I guess that's better than penis breath, unless you're into that sorta thing

Well duh.

Far-N-Wide · Post by **Far-N-Wide** » Wed May 10, 2006 5:55 pm

I had hot boiled peanuts in South Carolina once.... ONCE. The guy scooped them out of the pot and laddled them in a small brown paper sack about the size of my hand. They were Nasty! blech!!!

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:16 pm

You can't get raw peanuts around here. A buddy of mine tried for a while and just gave up

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:48 pm

De Plano wrote:You can't get raw peanuts around here. A buddy of mine tried for a while and just gave up

Farmers Market, just about every metro area has one... ]much[/B] tastier... (Green is the name and does not mean "not ripe", etc... They are grown here in FL)

Yes, definitely a southern thing. I remember trying for 30 minutes to explain what they were to a fellow from New Jersey. Like grits, cuban sandwiches, devil crabs, Cuban coffee, and such, basically you can only find them in the South.

Tampa has the perfect climate to make Cuban bread. Even in Miami, it just can't match the crust on the outside and soft, gooey inside that you get here, even if you do have to pick the occassional palmetto fron from it...

(Yes, they are laid across the top to "split" it while it cooks, and when hot, will definitely make a bulldog break it's chain!)

KC, !buen provecho, hermano!

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Wed May 10, 2006 9:08 pm

Far-N-Wide wrote:I had hot boiled peanuts in South Carolina once.... ONCE. The guy scooped them out of the pot and laddled them in a small brown paper sack about the size of my hand. They were Nasty! blech!!!

It's a love or hate affair. I used to pick up a hot bag on the way home from my fishin' hole every saturday in Beaufort, SC. I once brought a bag home to Illinois for my Dad to try and I thought he was going to puke! Said they tasted like mashed potatoes. I think you can get used to them. I like them just on the edge of crunchy and soft.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Wed May 10, 2006 10:29 pm

Never dug 'em boiled but can eat myself sick on the roasted ones.

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:08 am

[quote="Ken"]
Tampa has the perfect climate to make Cuban bread. Even in Miami, it just can't match the crust on the outside and soft, gooey inside that you get here, even if you do have to pick the occassional palmetto fron from it... ]

Hola hermano... No doubt, Tampa has some excellent little Cuban hotspots. There's a little cuban carniceria over there that my inlaws always buy Argentinian cut meats for asado and fresh cuban bread for choripan.

When Silvia and I return from Spain in June, we should meet up with you and Philip over on your side of town on a saturday for lunch or something. Esta vez, ningunas excusas.. esta bien?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:12 am

Hey Kold, what's your nationality?

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:17 am

Prey521 wrote:Hey Kold, what's your nationality?

What is Ken's for that matter???

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:19 am

Lefty wrote:What is Ken's for that matter???

Ken is a 1 eyed gringo! You should know this after all your cybersex webcam sessions

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Thu May 11, 2006 12:16 pm

Prey521 wrote:Hey Kold, what's your nationality?

Rough estimate based on my grandparents: 50% German, 25% Irish, 25% Italian = 100% Good 'ole American Gringo.

Born and raised in West Palm Beach, FL.

Mi esposa es de Buenos Aires y yo tengo aprendir castellano hablar con su familia. Yo no puedo entender todo in castellano porque mi vocabularia esta malo, pero estoy todavia apriendo y mi accento esta exactamente como un bonarense, or so her family tells me. lol (a Bonarense is someone from Buenos Aires, in case you didn't know).

Feel free to correct my spanish anytime you see me actin' a fool, just keep in mind that some words are different in Argentina.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu May 11, 2006 12:46 pm

Awesome mix and your spanish is pretty good, for a gringo

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Thu May 11, 2006 2:04 pm

Prey521 wrote:Awesome mix and your spanish is pretty good, for a gringo

Gracias, boludo.. err.. amigo. DOH! there's that bad vocab I was referring too.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:50 pm

koldchillah wrote:Rough estimate based on my grandparents: 50% German, 25% Irish, 25% Italian = 100% Good 'ole American Gringo. Born and raised in West Palm Beach, FL.

Mi esposa es de Buenos Aires y yo tengo aprendir castellano hablar con su familia. Yo no puedo entender todo in castellano porque mi vocabularia esta malo, pero estoy todavia apriendo y mi accento esta exactamente como un bonarense, or so her family tells me. lol (a Bonarense is someone from Buenos Aires, in case you didn't know).

Feel free to correct my spanish anytime you see me actin' a fool, just keep in mind that some words are different in Argentina.

Dialects! Yes, all regions do not use the words the same. (I know this from experience! Some very bad experiences!

)

Prey, you were quite fond of my one eyed gringo the last time that you played with him!

I am a native Floridian. A large part country boy, at that!

KC, Anytime Sylvie wants to meet up, no problem. And, I guess it is OK if you have to tag along!

¡Bromeando! ¡El gusto es mío!

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:27 pm

Ken wrote: Prey, you were quite fond of my one eyed gringo the last time that you played with him!

Como se dice "ownage"? Propiedad?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:29 pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh damn, I so set myself up for that one!

SpareX · Post by **SpareX** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:45 am

koldchillah wrote:Rough estimate based on my grandparents: 50% German, 25% Irish, 25% Italian = 100% Good 'ole American Gringo. Born and raised in West Palm Beach, FL.

Whoa.. Thats a bit close to home there.. Accually thats where i grew up as well.. What part of WPB did ya grow up in?

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:53 am

SpareX wrote:Whoa.. Thats a bit close to home there.. Accually thats where i grew up as well.. What part of WPB did ya grow up in?

I lived west, out in the Acreage near Royal Palm Beach. We moved out there in '86 when it was nothing but woods and an occassional house, very rural at the time. Before that, we lived in town in a small neighborhood off Southern Blvd, near Jog Rd. My family, however lived spread out all over Palm Beach county.

What section of town did you live in?

SpareX · Post by **SpareX** » Fri May 12, 2006 11:45 am

Grew up mostly around the 36th st area almost into Riveria Beach itself, but then I moved to being off Forest Hill Blvd. and before I left FL in 2000 I was living off of Summit Blvd near the High School I went to, Summit Christian. My best friend lived out in that area, mostly in the area that became known as Wellington which for a while was still a suburb of RPB.

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:20 pm

SpareX wrote:Grew up mostly around the 36th st area almost into Riveria Beach itself, but then I moved to being off Forest Hill Blvd. and before I left FL in 2000 I was living off of Summit Blvd near the High School I went to, Summit Christian. My best friend lived out in that area, mostly in the area that became known as Wellington which for a while was still a suburb of RPB.

Yeah, I would have went to Wellington High with all my friends had I stayed in public school but Wellington High was so overcrowded at the time and I was concerned that I wouldn't get the best education there so I went to Cardinal Newman High School instead.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:23 pm

when I lived in North Georgia, there would always be someone selling them, boiling in a big black kettle....better than any candy..!!!!

SpareX · Post by **SpareX** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:43 pm

koldchillah wrote:Yeah, I would have went to Wellington High with all my friends had I stayed in public school but Wellington High was so overcrowded at the time and I was concerned that I wouldn't get the best education there so I went to Cardinal Newman High School instead.

Newsweek did a report recently about the top 100 Highschools in the US.. lists only Public schools.. There are a ton in FL in the top 50 alone.. Suncoast in Riveria beach was #7... im amazed by there due to the fact that I know full well there was a large handful of schools that were better then them academicly but they were all private schools.. Cardinal Newman and Summit would probally be way up there, but Cardnial I believ would top out SCS due to recent school damage from Huricanes last few years. (had the roof torn off the High school part..)

One place I got boiled peanuts from was this guy that normally sells flowers off Belvedere Rd near Military ave, he had them a few times.. made a killing off them.. Good stuff too..

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:10 pm

SpareX wrote:Newsweek did a report recently about the top 100 Highschools in the US.. lists only Public schools.. There are a ton in FL in the top 50 alone.. Suncoast in Riveria beach was #7... im amazed by there due to the fact that I know full well there was a large handful of schools that were better then them academicly but they were all private schools.. Cardinal Newman and Summit would probally be way up there, but Cardnial I believ would top out SCS due to recent school damage from Huricanes last few years. (had the roof torn off the High school part..)

One place I got boiled peanuts from was this guy that normally sells flowers off Belvedere Rd near Military ave, he had them a few times.. made a killing off them.. Good stuff too..

Suncoast became one of the better schools once Palm Beach County started all the "magnet school" programs. Suncoast was one of the first public schools to offer the I.B. program (International Baccalaureate) which brought in a lot of advanced honor students. My cousin went there for the I.B. program when they first started it and she lived in Royal Palm.

In regards to the peanut man, yeah, there were lots of little roadside stands in Palm Beach county over the years. That one you are referring to is just a few blocks from my grandparents house, but I'm not sure if its still there or not.