"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> >"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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> Yes, they were Spanish peanuts. Three or four small ones in each shell.
After we canned our quota of peanut butter we canned the unsalted roasted
peanuts. I sent my Dad a case. He was on a low salt diet so Mom heated the
peanuts with a little oil and added the salt substitute he was using. He
thought that was great because his snacking had been limited to popcorn. Now
there are many low salt snacks-very few back then.

Jim