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Carolina and Georgia coasts, boiled peanuts are as ubiquitous as winterblooming camellia and moonlightand-magnolia whimsy. They are sold at gas stations and in outdoor produce markets that line each tourist route.
You buy them by the pound where they are scooped out of big vats having been boiled for 15 long hours. Yes, that is “hours" for the shell is tough when picked, so you have to cook them ad infinitum until they relent and soften their hide.
In Maryland and Northern Virginia you can buy raw peanuts at Indian grocery stores and boil them.
Out here in Rappahannock County neither the highbrow Epicurious Cow nor Sunnyside markets sell them.
Tbo bad, for peanuts could be grown organically which is the stated prerequisite for Sunnyside. That word “organic” is an annoyance to me, because people bandy it about without knowing what it really means.
In the case of peanuts you could grow’ them without chemical pesticides or herbicides that partially fits the definition of “organic farming.”
For fertilizer, use compost which is definitely organic. For weed control, a hoe, roto-tiller, and a strong back will suffice.
In Carolina people like Senator Ernest Hollings would say “balled peanuts.” It’s proper English in Charleston.
If you want to buy your own you can order a pack of peanuts and salt from the Lee Brothers in Charleston at Boiledpeanuts. com. (I have doubts about boiledpeanuts.com. They don’t answer the phone when you call. Still I ordered some peanuts from them last year and they delivered.)
If you want to buy them already boiled then order then from Whitley’s Peanut Factory in Hayes, Va. at www.whitleyspeanut.com.
Mary Ann Rood, editor of “The Peanut Farmer” magazine says, “You can probably buy Roddenberry’s canned boiled peanuts in a supermarket near you to try. I guess some folks are just not lucky enough to run into boiled peanuts.”
I neglected to tell Ms. Rood that in Rappahannock County there is no “supermarket near you.”
I guess you will have to plant your own or buy them over the Internet. When you boil them make sure you keep adding water so they won’t bum. As a variation on this theme you could add hot peppers and make them so-called “cajun style”.
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