"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> "Alex Rast" > wrote in message
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> > at Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:09:14 GMT in <KtC9d.53494$ci3.2850856
> > @twister.southeast.rr.com>, (Peter Aitken) wrote :
> >
> > >I have raw shelled peanuts with the red skins still on them. Any ideas
> how
> > >to get the skins off easily?
> > >
> >
> > If they're truly raw, the skins should be white to pale pink. If that's
> the
> > case, then treat them like a fava bean: blanch in boiling water and the
> > skins will slip off no problem. If, OTOH, you're going to roast them,
you
> > don't need to do this, as below.
> >
> > If they're actually roasted, so the skins are red and papery rather than
> > white/pink and spongy, then it's even easier. Simply squeeze the peanut
> > between your fingers so that the nut squirts out, leaving the skin
behind.
> > It's dead simple and fast. A few skins may be a bit more persistent -
you
> > can rub these off. Take care of the easy cases first and then go back to
> > rub the few skins that clung tenaciously.
> > --
>
> The peanuts I bought were labeled "raw" but had red skins, so I am a bit
> confused. Anyway I roasted them in the oven, put them in a large glass
jar,
> shook violently to loosen the skins, then went outside and blew the loose
> skins away. Didn;t get all of them but enough for my purpose.
>
>
> --
> Peter Aitken
>
> Remove the crap from my email address before using.
I worked an eight hour shift at a Mormon peanut butter cannery several years
ago (when I was married to a Morman. We roasted, ground and canned an
eighteen wheeler load of peanuts that were grown near Temple, TX. The raw
peanuts had RED skins.
Jim
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