Sunday, May 3, 2026

Why is "hot boiled" better?

 


20 comments:

  1. I did a large industrial project in southern Georgia and asked the guy I sub-contracted the metal building enclosures to about bawld peanuts and he kinda grimaced and said, well, they're an acquired taste, and changed the subject.

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  2. Seems redundant. Cold boiled doesn't work at all. Hot boiled are good if we;re talking about doing it in Kung Pao sauce.

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    1. Cold boiled is too confusion

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  3. Pure heaven in a beer can sack.

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  4. Because cold boiled just can't get it done

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  5. Because it comes from a hot water heater.

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  6. Because there's no way to dissolve that much SALT in cold water.

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  7. Actually, the question is are they salted or not? I prefer salted.

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  8. It went out of business because they were sued for not displaying a "Peanut allergy " warning sign and failing to keep EpiPens for anaphylactic shock victims

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  9. Say that fast with a southern. accent and it sound like “bald penis”

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  10. Just plain nasty, peanuts are for roasting

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  11. The Cajun boiled peanuts are something that will forever b e right at the top of my favorite foods list. Nothing better than sitting in the stands at the local dirt track with a big styrofoam cup of 'em and a cold beer.

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  12. It’s a southern thang, ya just don’t got it

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  13. They're delicious cold as well, but nothing beats a steaming bag of fresh boiled peanuts. They're a terrible addiction...the juice gets all over the damn car, windshield, steering wheel becomes a sticky mess, and next thing you know you're dying of thirst from the salt intake. There are many varieties: small, large, two pod, five pod. Have a couple of peanut farmers on my mother's side. Work very hard until fall, and then they're done and take up deer hunting full time. I boil up a full bushel every fall and put them up in the freezer to have throughout the year.

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  14. Anon 6:22 is correct. You can't get that much salt to dissolve in cold water and salty boiled peanuts suck when they get cold. That's why "hot boiled" peanuts are sold.
    And if you're not southern you probably don't understand. The first time I made "hot boiled" peanuts for my California wife, she said "Why in the hell would you boil a peanut?" Now she knows.

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    1. After I made my comment, I see that Seamrog says they're good cold. Not my preference but I will retract my "suck when they get sold" comment.

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    2. Hot, boiled vs. hot-boiled.

      Punctuation matters.

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  15. All boiled peanuts start out as "hot boiled", and if they're being dipped out of boiling water at the time of purchase, they still are. However, they can also be sold and consumed in refrigerated form. Kinda the same concept of whether or not the Krispy Kreme doughnut "Hot Now" sign is lit up. Buddy, that's when they're good.

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  16. Yep, never had them as a kid, probably tasted them in my mid 30's. Loved them ever since

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