Boiled peanuts are popular in some places where peanuts are common. Fully mature peanuts do not make good quality boiled peanuts; rather raw, or green ones are used. After boiling in salt water they take on a strong salty taste, becoming softer with prolonged cooking, and somewhat resembling a pea or bean, to which they are related because they are legumes and not an actual nut. I lived in Florida while going to graduate school and saw these around but had never tried them. We purchased a can from Amazon to give them a go. Alex and I both agreed that they are an acquired taste. We found the texture off putting being mealy and slimy in nature. We also found the flavor somewhat insipid.
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Whether directly out of the can or heated up Alex’s reaction is representative of us both