A question for you Northerners...

[Snow_White]

I've never seen them in the MD/PA/DE area either (although I do know what you're talking about since I see the signs for them when we go to SC!).

 

[mum4jenn]

If you cook them in a pressure cooker you can have them very tender in only about an hour!!! I used to cook them for hours and then my dh tried the pressure cooker and they were done in a flash(compared to the other way)

 

[ValerieK]

Originally posted by mum4jenn
If you cook them in a pressure cooker you can have them very tender in only about an hour!!! I used to cook them for hours and then my dh tried the pressure cooker and they were done in a flash(compared to the other way)

I just may have found an excuse to get a pressure cooker!

 

[mep319]

I grew up in FL too and had fond memories of boiled peanuts...I know I have seen them in the past at a Fresh Fields...Do you have one of those around??? I can't say I've seen them recently or even frequently but I remember thinking..."wow haven't seen them since I was a teenager!"

 

[Robinrs]

I grew up in NY but had southern parents. We DID put salt on watermelon, ugh, not anymore though.

Someone let me taste boiled peanuts the year I moved to Atlanta.... can't say I was impressed, thought they were slimy! They're everywhere here, I'm still looking for the ultimate bagel, pizza slice, pastrami sandwich, Nathan's hot dog and White Castle hamburger!!

 

[mtblujeans]

My Dad was in the military when us kids were born. I was born in Mississippi. We always lived in the northern mid-west & west when he got out. BUT - I have always salted my watermelon! The more the better!! I am the only one I have ever known who has done this, tho'. Must have gotten it from a childhood I no longer remember!!

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I grew up in the Detroit area, but my DF is from Mississippi. I know very well what boiled peanuts are. It seems that my mother could find raw peanuts in the produce section of the grocery store. I have seen them in a canned form, but don't know how far north they go..

I am now in SC, and I have a little boiled peanut story for you that will definitely make you stop and think about buying anything from a roadside stand...

DSIL was visiting from Michigan, so DH and I drove her up into the mountains one day. (Caesar's Head for those in the area.) There are lots of roadside stands selling quilts, canned goods, etc. We stopped for her to try some boiled peanuts. This little old dirty man was boiling them in a cauldren. We asked for one order and paid him. He scooped some out of the black water and put them into a paper sack. When he handed it over, you could tell that he was missing a couple of fingers off each hand...!!! Ughh.....If you think about it, a boiled finger would look just like a boiled peanut...Needless to say, we tossed the bag out at the first trash can...ewwwww.....

mtblujeans....salted watermelon, yes.. Now the real test for a Mississippian....how about pepper on your cantaloupe????

 

[grinningghost]

When my SIL got married to a Georgia guy and she brought him up here the first time - he asked for BOWLED NUTS. We all looked at him like he was nuts.

Come to find out he was saying "Boiled" nuts. At that point, we REALLY thought he was nuts. (No pun intended).

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

For everyone who is saying "yuck" to salt on your watermelon, try it. It makes it taste even sweeter!! (Try the pepper on the cantaloupe, too! Can't really describe how that enhances the taste!)

"BOWLED PEANUTS"!!!

Waa thur raht over thar.......("Why, they're right over there", for you Yankees..)

 

[Dan Murphy]

 

[wishuponastarforever]

My Dad was from SC and my Mom from Philadelphia. They met in Philadelphia when my Dad was in the Navy. He made a career of the Navy so we moved up/down and all around.

When we were in the south, the boiled peanuts were easy to find. When we lived in the north or elsewhere, somehow they found raw peanuts (could never find the green) and boiled away.

I live in NC - If you can't find the peanuts - PM me and I will find some and mail them to you. I think sending the green peanuts would be best so you can boil them.

I know there is a "season" for the green. Not sure when. I would hesitate to send the already boiled peanuts. They might be prone to bacteria that way?

 

[monarchsfan16]

I've never even heard of boiled peanuts, let alone seen them. BTW...There are different kinds of peanuts? What are green peanuts?

 

[dizneegirl]

Not too far north, but I can find canned boiled peanuts at our local Kroger. Used to be with the nuts, now with the Chinese/Asian food.

Definitely not the freshly boiled peanuts you get on the way to Disney, but heated up, they're really not a bad substitute.

 

[mum4jenn]

Green peanuts are the ones fresh out of the ground.(Yes they grow underground...not on trees!!)

 

[Blondie]

Pardon me if this has already been asked as I haven't read all the posts on this thread yet.

Just what do they taste like when done being boiled, and what is the consistency? Is it mushy?

 

[HughJackman'n'me]

Originally posted by remyandhollandsmommy
I grew up in the south (FL to be exact) and I am craving boiled peanuts! I have went to every grocery store locally and NO ONE has ever even heard of boiled peanuts! Is this a southern thing and northeners don't have these?? I mean, they don't even have the green peanuts for me to make my own!

....sorry, but boiled peanuts sounds G-R-O-S-S!!

 

[ValerieK]

Originally posted by Blondie
Pardon me if this has already been asked as I haven't read all the posts on this thread yet.

Just what do they taste like when done being boiled, and what is the consistency? Is it mushy?

They are mushy and they tast salty.

 

[mtblujeans]

Originally posted by hrh_disney_queen
mtblujeans....salted watermelon, yes.. Now the real test for a Mississippian....how about pepper on your cantaloupe????

Hmmmm. That's new one on me. I'll try it as we are getting some good cantaloupe now.

As I think on it, I also remember fried mush. Mom would buy blocks of mush in the store and slice it very thin and fry it in a pan until the edges were crispy and the center was a little soft. Spread butter on it and we would eat it faster than she could fry it. We would sometimes put maple syrup on it. Man, that is better than potato chips!!

 

[aprilgail2]

Originally posted by mtblujeans
Hmmmm. That's new one on me. I'll try it as we are getting some good cantaloupe now.

As I think on it, I also remember fried mush. Mom would buy blocks of mush in the store and slice it very thin and fry it in a pan until the edges were crispy and the center was a little soft. Spread butter on it and we would eat it faster than she could fry it. We would sometimes put maple syrup on it. Man, that is better than potato chips!!

I may regret asking this but what in the world is fried mush actually made out of??

 

[mtblujeans]

The proper name is corn meal mush. It is cooked corn meal.