Boiled peanuts

I was visiting a friend in Georgia and he gave some a can of boiled peanuts. When I opened up the can the peanuts were packed in water. They are all mushey . What should I due to them so I can eat them? Thanks
 
After sampling that cuisine a few years ago my family and I have determined there is not a way to make them edible. We were driving though southern Alabama at the time, and kept seeing these signs for boiled peanuts. Thinking this may be some local secret we stopped and got a bag. Four of us in the car and none were especially wanting more.

My apologies to folks who love them.
 
Peanuts are boiled in water and probably mushy if they were canned. If you boil green peanuts , boil them in salty water (salt to your taste buds), keep tasting until they are like you want them. They don't have to be mushy to be good, or too salty either. They are hard to beat around here in Ga. The best boiled peanuts can be found in North Ga. Tommy
 
"What should I do to them so I can eat them"

Short of growing up in the south and acquiring a taste for them.
Nothing you can do.


Boiled peanuts are made from green wet peanuts.
Once the peanut dries out they are unsuitable for making boiled peanuts.
They are suppose to be mushy.
They are best eaten hot just out of the pot but you have to cook them yourself most times to get them that way.

Do not feel bad.
I grew up in the deep south and still do not like them.
 
HAH HAH We had a similar experience years ago when travelling in the south. Kept seeing all these roadside stands for boiled peanuts. Knowing that we ALL love roasted peanuts we assumed that boiled peanuts must be equally delicious. WRONG! We passed them around the car and everyone got a "taste". We still laugh about it to this day.
 
Visiting my BIL in Moultrie GA, I saw the guys munching on something I had not seen before. I asked about what they were eating and they said "Boiled Peanuts!" They offered me some to try, and I found that while they were different than anything I had eaten before. At first, they seemed a bit strange, but after a while, they began to taste really good! I like them, even if they don't taste like roasted peanuts. I even learned how to make them, since nobody sells them here in PA. They are definitely somewhat of an acquired taste.
 
Just another cultural difference. Over on a gun forum some middle-Americans were discussing their choices in "BBQ guns" for the holiday festivities. It seems in Texas you go to your friend's BBQ wearing your fanciest gun on your hip. Here in California, I keep mine concealed to avoid spooking the sheep.
 
A guy was visiting an old friend in a nursing home. There was a bowl of peanuts on the table so he sampled a few. He remarked that they were pretty good. An old guy said yes, you may as well eat them as all we do is suck the chocolate off.
 
Tom;

I wasn't sure what gefilte fish and scrapple were, so I looked them up online. The description of scrapple didn't give much of an indication of what it would taste like, so I'll take your word for it and not try it if I get the chance. Gefilte fish, though, didn't sound bad at all. Are you sure you don't mean lutefisk. Now, that sounds nauseating.

Stan
 
I'll take the gefilte and the lutefisk you've got, so long as you keep the boiled peanuts!
 
I stopped at a flee market in Southern Alabama probly 25 years ago and a fella was boiling peanuts. I bought two small bags and started to eat out of the first as soon as we were back on the road. Not bad to my taste but Arlene didn't like them. I tried the second bag several days later and tossed them.
 
the trouble your having about the peanuts being mushy, is that your not boiling/cooking them properly, mainly they are being over cooked..you add salt and cook until done/firm, remove from heat.. you don't have keep them in water, but you need cover and keep in refrigerator, unless you want to eat all of them at one sitting they dry out very quickly if left sitting around uncovered. I LOVE BOILED PEANUTS, ALSO LOVE THEM ROASTED IN SHELL
 
Boiled peanuts are a regional food from old days - aquired taste that started like many dish's with real hungry people after a war or hard times eating what was available, preparing it however to make it sort of edible. Think of Menudo and the fancy French term for 'Gut soup' and the southern 'chitlins' . Green peanuts simply boiled after 3 days of nibbling grass and other greens while marching around is fancy eating compared to starving- and peanuts can't run away like a rabbit. Asian boiled soybeans to remove a mild acid a delicacy some place, working and student snack food- Edame- sort of like the 'Goober Peas' prepared however to be digestable. Provides some protein and carbs, keeps starvation away. Give it a fancy French name and raised the price, sell it to tourists- see if it sells better-- like the Nutria in fancy restaurant with something Lupin/loppin implying 'Rabbit' instead of Cajun 'swamp rat' dish. Think back to what you used to eat in the 3 days before paycheck issued younger days or the student meals on weekends late in semester when dorm kitchen closed and family care package gone, pocket change only and couple roommates with GI bill and ranger training going to park with Kbars and digging sticks. Boiled peanuts and a shot of moon in the mason jar seem batter now? RN
 
Interesting observations, RN, and fun reading.

It wasn't until my wife and I spent time in Portugal when I was about 40 that it dawned on me what sausage is all about. The markets there have a lot more unrefrigerated meat hanging out in the open than they can ever sell while it's still fresh. Grind it up, spice it heavily, stuff it in casings, and voila!---sausage. Gives the seller a second chance to move it.

More along the lines of what you're talking about, the Portuguese city of Oporto had a local favorite dish which was truly vile. It was tripe and haricot beans. It had sustained the populace of the city during some medieval siege, and they were, supposedly, fond of it forever after. It would have taken another siege to get me to eat that twice.

Stan
 

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