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I adore this time of year, not just because the humidity starts to subside but because it means my CSA box from Pickney Farms is waiting for pick-up each week a favorite lunch spot around the corner, The Glass Onion If you aren’t familiar with a CSA – you should be. CSA stands for Community Supported Agricultural Share and by becoming a share holder you help support your local farms and also get a taste of some of the finest fresh from the fields produce. I love being a part of a CSA because it helps boost my creativity in the kitchen, not to mention lighten’s my grocery bill each week! A couple of weeks ago, my box revealed a few pounds of raw peanuts.
So, I pulled out my largest stock pot and went to work making boiled peanuts. The smell wafting from the pot took me straight back to childhood. Riding my bike from the East Bay Playground (Hazel Parker) down to the corner of Church and Market Streets.(remember the old Gourmetisserie?) Where the Boiled Peanut man would peddle bags of his homemade hot peanuts. Charleston was a different place during my childhood, kids on bikes ruled the streets. I wish I could pass down that way of livng to my girls. But if not, at least I can share the boiled peanuts. Enjoy~
Boiled Peanuts
Ingredients
- 1/2 to 3/4 Cup of Kosher Salt (if you like them SALTY)
- 6 Cups of Peanuts
- 20 Cups of Water
Instructions
- Bring water and salt to a boil
- Wash peanuts
- Place peanuts into boiling water and let boil with top on for about 1 hour (slow boil, otherwise it will be flowing over the entire time)
- Reduce heat to a simmer with the top on for at least 4 hours (the longer the better since they age well the more you cook them)
- I prefer to cook my peanuts for 7-8 hrs but the our local boiled peanut man tells me he cooks his for 11 hours
In a Pinch Tip
Boiled peanuts make a great gift, especially this time of year. DO NOT THROW THE BOILED PEANUT WATER AWAY! Keep it and add more peanuts and take them to your friends house to watch a football game, or give them away as a little surcee. My children love them in their lunchbox on school days.
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On Oct 14 2009 - Kay Chitty Said:
Hi Carrie,
When I was a child in the 50’s, my Great Aunt Mamie Lou Hart in Holly Hill used to make the absolute BEST boiled peanuts in the world. Every time we visited her she had a great big bowl of “pinders,” as she called them, ready for us. She cooked them in a big black iron washpot on a wood fire in her side yard, between the house and the scuppernong arbors. My daddy was her nephew and he loved boiled peanuts above all else – and she never disappointed him. The peanuts came straight from the field beside their wonderful Victorian farm house. I have other peanut stories, some of them embarrassing, but wanted to share with you that your boiled peanut recipe brought back wonderful memories of my childhood! I am so happy for you that your business has taken off the way it has. Kudos to you and your mom and your whole team.
Kay
On Oct 14 2009 - carrie Said:
Kay,
your story made my day! Thanks so much for sharing and thanks for ALL your kind words along this journey of mine!
On Oct 14 2009 - carrie Said:
I used to make boiled pnuts for those in Tellurdie who thought I was “nuts”. I would bring a cooler back of green p-nuts from my visitas back to SC,and preceed to boil them all day. Needless to say, they became a hit!! would love to be with you for an all out p-nut boil!! xoxo
On Oct 18 2009 - Debra Wilson Said:
I am a new customer and will be returning :). Your peanut story reminds me of my Dad who always made us girls boiled peanuts on the weekends. Growing up in Charleston, it was one of those life experiences I took for granted. However, like yourself, I treat my children to these simple yet yummy memories from my chldhood as often as I can. Your biscuits help us do that as well.