On 7/19/2013 9:16 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:33:33 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> They could have been Chinese style boiled peanuts. In which case the
> egg would be in YOUR face.
>
> -sw
>
I seriously doubt the folks running the farm or the farm stand make
Chinese style boiled peanuts. The guy told her they had roasted them in
the shell. They *could* have been raw peanuts. No way were they
typical South Carolina boiled green peanuts.

Jill