"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> When I was at the farm stand today they were selling (among other things I
> posted about earlier) peanuts. These weren't boiled peanuts, which are
> green (raw) peanuts which have been long-cooked in the shell, in brine.
> Sometimes with other seasonings. Boiled peanuts are soft. (You either
> love them or hate them.)
>
> This older woman was looking at loose peanuts in the shell at the farm
> stand. She asked the guy, "Are these boiled peanuts?" I chuckled to
> myself. They were merely roasted in the shell peanuts. She's obviously
> new to this part of the Lowcountry. There's no mistaking roasted peanuts
> for boiled green peanuts.
>
> Jill


Did you tell her that they were merely roasted in the shell?

Cheri