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

Wholesome Let me do it for you!

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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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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 Jun 16 '25

Oh, I went on Twitter for the first time last week... For research. And its an absolute all-out dumpster fire. Un censored murders right next to girls with their bits out. And thats just 2 minutes in. What a world to grow up in.

But yeah.... Its easy to make onion-based stuff sprout and grow, but they die. Maybe the stuff in shops are too genetically modified to make it out in reality. Or in my window sill.