"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 2/27/2019 11:53 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I know there was some sort of peanut problem a few years ago. Just can't
>> remember what. Puny peanuts? Drought? Something that.
>>
>> Now I am having trouble finding plain peanuts. I can find the Cocktail
>> ones but Redskin or unsalted Dry roasted are hard to find. Can't even
>> find online unless I pay a really high price. Seems the flavored nuts are
>> far more common. Also seems like much less shelf space devoted to nuts in
>> the stores. Anyone else having this problem?
>
> IIRC the peanut harvest in the US (Carolinas) was adversely affected by
> Hurricane Matthew. What do you mean by "redskin" peanuts? Do you mean
> raw (aka "Spanish") peanuts that you have to roast? That's the kind I buy
> when I make peanut brittle. Like this:
>
> https://nuts.com/nuts/peanuts/redskin.html
>
> I can easily find jars of unsalted (and lightly salted) dry roasted
> peanuts. I buy them frequently to eat as a snack. Yum!

Spanish but not roasted. I did find lightly salted. Few stores carry
unstilted these days.