When I was a youngster, I invented the peanut butter & butter
sandwich*. In high school I lived off of peanut butter & jelly
sandwiches. I can de-shell a bag of peanuts at a baseball game faster
than piranhas can skin a whole cow. Reese's peanut butter cups and
Reese's pieces are a favorite, plus I like roasted peanuts and love Thai
peanut sauce.
But "boiled peanuts" was a first.
Apparently it's a Southern thing because they have vendors selling them
at football games and everything.
And I have to say ...
not my preferred method of peanut-y goodness. Peanuts without the
crunch are like Peanuts without Snoopy--sure they're fun, but they
lacking that extra something. And they're soggy. Really soggy.
So
the next time someone offers you a cup full of boiled peanuts**, tell
'em, "thank you for your well-meaning, but misplaced, Southern
hospitality".
*Not even Elvis was that gluttonous
**All the time, right?