Summertime Snacks: Boiled Peanuts

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Boiled peanuts was a snack that I grew up eating. We lived in the country and when the peanut harvest would come in, we would come home with a sack of green peanuts ready to boil. This was a big event and other family members usually joined in. Boiled peanuts are made with green peanuts dug directly from the garden and cleaned before going into the boiling pot. All you have to do is add salt to make this a savory snack. My grandparents and my mom put these up in ziplock bags and put them in the freezer. That way we had boiled peanuts for a snack until they ran out. We always restocked during the next year's harvest. Have you ever had boiled peanuts? I know they are more popular in the southern states, but you should try them if given the chance. The ones you find in the grocery store canned is nothing in comparison to fresh peanuts just boiled. Photo: Pixaby, public domain