Thursday, May 5, 2011

Things I Love Thursday


Boiled peanuts!

When I was a child, my grandfather grew peanuts.

My grandmother always had a pot of them boiling on the back of the stove.

Freshly boiled peanuts are the best.

(These were made for me by a darling child in Kansas.)



Down South, you often see them being sold out of the back of trucks on the side of the road. This truck was parked outside a Waffle House where I ate in Fountain Inn, South Carolina:



On a recent trip to South Carolina, I checked out what was available at the Piggly Wiggly. (Notice those GIANT cans.)



Now they have microwavable pouches! I brought these home with me but had to put up a good fight with airport security in order to have them in my carry-on (due to liquid in them). Not as good as the real deal, but better than nothing.


2 comments:

CORALVILLE CENTRAL LIBRARY said...

What do boiled peanuts taste like? Peanuts before they are whirled into peanut butter maybe? Softer?

Barbara O'Connor said...

They taste like a very salty peanut but soft, like a cooked bean. Yummy. Best when warm.