Showing posts with label boiled peanuts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boiled peanuts. Show all posts

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Put a Little South in Your Mouth!



Alabama ranks third in the nation for peanut production.  400 million pounds a year to be exact.  The Peanut Depot on Morris Avenue in downtown Birmingham still roasts them  on site in some fine old roasters.  I've eaten my fair share.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

You Either Love 'Em or.........


you hate 'em. Boiled peanuts are a southern "delicacy" that has many fans the southeast. I'm a roasted goober lover myself, but I enjoyed seeing how they were prepared first hand at the Pepper Place Market recently. This vendor also offered roasted corn with melted butter. Now THAT was tempting!