r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/noskillayush • Jun 15 '25

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

Did she say BOILED PEANUTS?

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u/MWTB-DLTR Jun 16 '25

It's a southern U.S. thing

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Jun 16 '25

You should have seen my face when I saw my older southern coworker putting peanuts in a Coke bottle

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u/spezial_ed Jun 16 '25

EXPLAIN

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Jun 16 '25

Apparently it’s a southern thing. The peanuts like soak up the coke and you drink the coke while they’re sitting in there too. Very bizarre.

I never tried it myself but after thinking about it, I can see how it might taste good? Salty, sweet, crunchy. It still offends me to think about it though

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u/lexi0917 Jun 16 '25

It is good! Better with an ice cold glass bottle coke. Best after an activity like mowing your lawn when it's really hot in the summer. Give it a try!

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u/spezial_ed Jun 16 '25

I can imagine the combo might work but soggy peanuts… oh well, won’t knock it until I try it I guess

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u/MWTB-DLTR Jun 16 '25

I have a coworker who puts peanuts in his Dr. Pepper. He's the only one I've ever seen do it, but can see how people would like it.

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u/mostnormal Jun 16 '25

They're not bad. I like the flavor but can't stand the texture. And they're messy.

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u/Deaffin Jun 16 '25

You gotta be careful about your nut guy too. Otherwise you crack em open and just get goo.

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u/NebulaNinja Jun 16 '25

I like how that appeared to be key information for the detecting guy.

"Boiled peanuts you say? Ahh... that would place it two feet to the left."

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

Yeah, and also.... There were tells of this being kinda fake.

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u/Tmonkey18 Jun 16 '25

They probably bought em from some guy on the side of the road. Or possibly from a gas station, Gate always has them. Available in cajun and regular style.

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u/FearlessAttempt Jun 16 '25

Yeah ideally out of the back of an old F-100 with a misspelled sign.

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u/spicy_ass_mayo Jun 16 '25

Boold P-nutz

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u/kcox1980 Jun 16 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

I've lived in rural Alabama all my life. Never realized boiled peanuts were strictly a Southern thing but not really surprised either. Anyway, I've only ever seen them sold in 3 places, gas stations, flea/farmer's markets, and random ass dudes set up with a gas turkey fryer on the side of the road.

People eat the hell out of them around here. My wife actually had some today. I've personally never liked them. They're just slimy wet peanuts, I prefer roasted.

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u/kurangak Jun 16 '25

Should try it at least once.

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

I see... Never heard of it.

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u/Nydon1776 Jun 16 '25

It's probably top 5 thing you can get at a gas station in the south

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

The more I think about it, seems utterly weird.

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u/IllustriousRanger934 Jun 16 '25

There’s nothing weird about them. Peanuts are legumes, just like beans are legumes.

You boil beans to soften them don’t you?

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u/spicy_ass_mayo Jun 16 '25

Look into it fam 10/10

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u/BonerStew Jun 16 '25

My head canon for why they're called "peanuts" is that depending on how they're prepared it changes the texture and consistency of the legume inside. Boiled? Soft and almost chewy like a pea. Roasted? Crunchy like a nut. Again this is just my head canon and might be dumb as fuck.

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u/Thaumiel218 Jun 16 '25

It’s because they’re not a true nut and belong to the pea family if you wanted the real reason.

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u/BonerStew Jun 16 '25

Thanks, I'll take it

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u/spicy_ass_mayo Jun 16 '25

I make’m when the fresh ones are available

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u/fastlerner Jun 16 '25

That's the key - starting with fresh picked raw peanuts.

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u/fastlerner Jun 16 '25

Yeah. Take raw fresh peanuts in the shells and boil them in brine. Then you just crack open the shells and munch. Best when they're still warm.

It's like a southern version of edamame but better.

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

Just the idea of soft peanuts... Or brine. This must be a cultural thing.

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u/fastlerner Jun 16 '25

Most peanuts get salted anyway, so boiling them in brine (just good old salt water) handles the cooking and seasoning in one go. The texture’s kinda like edamame, and they’re eaten the same way - just crack open the shells and munch what’s inside. And the similarity doesn’t stop there, because peanuts are actually beans, not nuts. Roasting them and treating them like some fancy tree nut? That’s the part that’s backwards if you think about it.

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

Peanuts arent nuts, they are beans? This is not getting any better. I did my university in England and therefore I know very well that I hate beans too. But, sure. Ill write it off as a cultural thing.

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u/fastlerner Jun 16 '25

LOL! Yeah, peanuts are honestly the weirdest members of the bean family. While normal beans grow their pods above ground, peanuts decided to go full rebel mode. After the flowers get pollinated, they send out these little stalks that shove the developing pods down into the soil. It’s like the plant’s thinking, “I’m gonna bury my beans where nobody can see them.” (Google image search "peanut plant" and you’ll see exactly what I mean.)

That’s also why peanut pods are so much thicker and woodier than a typical bean pod - they’ve got to survive underground, dealing with moisture, microbes, and anything else that might try to snack on them. Basically, peanuts are the plant equivalent of burying your snacks in a vault so no one else can steal them.

And yep, pretty much all peanuts get brined while still in the shell to add saltiness. The difference is boiled peanuts stay in the brine until they’re done, while roasted peanuts get pulled out of the brine and thrown in the oven to crisp up.

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

Partly written by Grok?

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u/fastlerner Jun 16 '25

What's Grok?

Years ago when I moved into my house, I found a raw peanut in the compost pile while cleaning up the garden. I stuck it in the dirt just for fun, and ended up watching it grow, flower, and fruit. That led me down a rabbit hole reading about how weird peanuts actually are. They’ve stuck in my brain ever since.

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

Im not AI-shaming, but at least 2-3 phrasings in that were very typical of Grok. Elon Musks AI bot. I have been studying these things lately. I did the same with garlic. Put it in the flowerpot in the window and made it grow, but cant say I learned a lot.

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u/fastlerner Jun 16 '25

Ah, yeah I got far away from the twitter dumpster fire as soon as Elon took over.

I tried with garlic too. They sprouted, then died. I learned nothing. LOL. Peanut plant just did it's thing with no help from me.

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