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I must confess, I'm addicted to green boiled peanuts. Was able to get about ten pounds today and have some on the stove now. Oh, they smell so good and they taste like a bit of heaven. During my early working days after coming to Clemson I traveled over much of the Southeast and made a special effort to visit the peanut growing areas when the nuts were ready for harvest. I would get one-half or a full bushel of nuts, boil those rascals and load my freezer for the winter and football games. Over the past several years, it's been a hit and miss affair on a source of green nuts and that's not conducive to a happy attitude.

I know there must be other green boiled peanut lovers out there who may be looking for a source of those wonderful legumes.

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So I learned some stuff about P-nuts over last..

Jul 1, 2019, 9:43 PM

few years. I've always felt like I'm a semi-pro cooking boiled P-nuts. Green have to be the first priority. I have had friends win Boiled Pnut competitions using my recipes.

But here is something a little new to processing for future use. First of all, some like the Spanish reds better than the Jumbos. But i discovered there is middle ground where you can buy green "Whites", where you don't have near the pops as Jumbo's, you have more nutty flavor than Jumbo's, but you have more of the Jumbo crossover between Spanish and Jumbo's. So look for "Green Whites" for boiling.

Here is the next secret! When you freeze boiled peanuts, they always get grainy. You can tell when boiled nuts have been frozen and rewarmed! So, to prevent this and to capture the available green peanuts, buy what you want whether a peck or bushel, but freeze them in ziplocs green, cook them as needed, these will be the best green frozen pnuts you have ever eaten, except fresh of course.

Last secret, i use large quantities, but i boil the nuts with at least one big bottle of strong Malt liquor beer which gives them a sweeter taste but alcohol is long gone before consumption. I like Old English 800, just fyi.

But freeze them uncooked green and they are better.

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