My dad is a pretty healthy man, but there were always two foods that made him lose control. The first was plates of cheese, crackers and sausage. The second were in-the-shell peanuts. He would take a giant bag of them down to the TV room with him along with an empty paper grocery sack and sit there un-shelling the peanuts, eating them, and throwing the empty shells into the grocery bag.
From Jimmy Carter to Mr. Peanut to a beloved comic strip, peanuts are a major part of American iconography. My dad’s favorite style of peanuts were unquestionably the classic pictured above, but today we want to know – what’s your favorite kind of peanut?
Do you pine after sacks of classic in-the-shell peanuts hanging out in sacks around Five Guys and littering the floor at Texas Roadhouse? Or do you prefer pre-shelled peanuts in a can? How about honey roasted? Vote for your favorite style of peanut below and let us know why in the comments!
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Mark // Jan 5, 2012 at 9:12 am
Tough call, in the end, in the shell wins out. There is something very satisfying about shelling peanuts as you go and enjoying that roasted salty goodness. Particularly with a beer. Dry roasted peanuts in the can or jar are a close second. Full disclosure, I have been known to eat peanuts shell and all. My wife thinks it is absolutely vile too.
2 Cynthia // Jan 5, 2012 at 12:43 pm
I had to go with Other this time, because while most canned peanuts are good, I just love the Hot and Spicy ones. Not so much for peanuts in the shell.
3 Eick // Jan 5, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Mark – I too eat peanuts whole, in the shell some times. When I was a teen I did it all the time, now I’ve learned to cut it back to every 6th or 7th nut. But it is a good way to make people confused at a baseball game.
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