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>"James A. Finley" writes:
>
>"Peter Aitken" wrote:
>> "Alex Rast" wrote

(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.

>
>I worked an eight hour shift at a Mormon peanut butter cannery several years
>ago (when I was married to a Morman).


Sheesh, just one?!?!?

We roasted, ground and canned an
>eighteen wheeler load of peanuts that were grown near Temple, TX. The raw
>peanuts had RED skins.


Those would be Spanish peanuts, those are the type most likely used for peanut
butter, and candy. TX grows mostly Spanish peanuts.


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