I got almost 6lbs worth from 10-12 plants. I was not expecting it to go so well.
Do I have to let them cure or do anything else before I roast them? If so, how and for how long?
Should be they be roasted in the shell?
Do I have to "process" or roast them right away or is it something I could do in a week when I have more time?
by TheRealMasterTyvokka
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If I wanted to try to make peanut butter any particular thing I need to do/not do?
Dry them first. After that you can roast them for the best flavour.
Boiled peanuts use green (unroasted) peanuts. Boiled peanuts are a delicacy to me! You should check out some recipes, you basically just need water, salt, and time.
If you eat more than a few raw your in for a stomach ache. Dry them to keep them for a long long time also they must be dried to make nut butter. Or boil them which I friggin hate because of the texture.
Jimmy Carter would have known bless him.
Cajun boiled peanuts.
Wow! Great harvest! Enjoy!!
Boof it
How fun!! Congrats on the harvest 🙂
Dry them, rotating/turning them daily. Once the shells feel hard, roast those babies. In or out of the shell.
I would boil them with some hot chili oil salt etc.
If you have 6lbs you should save at least 2lbs so that you can regrow them in the spring. The rest should be washed then roasted or boiled. I just harvested mine today. Saving all mine to plant again for the coming spring.
I am interested in growing peanuts next grow season. Do you buy peanut seeds, like you do with potatoes or will a dry unroasted whole peanuts from the supermarket work as a starter seed?
Boiled peanuts are the best
Peanut brittle calls for raw peanuts! The molten sugar cooks them, so you want them to be raw going in to keep them from overcooking or burning.
My BIL helped me roast some once. It’s been more than 20 years, but they were really good.
It was easy, but they burn easy. You really cannot walk away.
It was something like put in a single layer on a sheet pan, bring up to a certain temp in oven then turn off oven and leave them. Til it cools i think. I surely don’t remember the temp. Best you look it up, but i said this much just to show – it’s not hard.
Whatever temp the recipe says i would go a little lower. I remember the taste of burnt peanuts – horrible. But just a few at the edges of the pan burnt, not all of them.
Boil them and scare! Love them that way in the South. Shuck th after you boil them
If you have clean farming practices and you’re in a market where field fresh peanuts are scarce, I’d offer your surplus up for sale. Fresh fried and fresh boiled are cultural staples for many communities and our current distribution system does not provide any kind of supply.
Remember that there’s a mold that grows on peanuts that causes cancer. I’m pretty sure it’s green but I really don’t know what I’m talking about. I just know that a good friend of mine wrote her doctoral thesis on it.
Let them dry.
Make peanut butter.
These are beautiful.
Make boiled peanuts. They are so good. You can do Cajun if you like.
I love boiled peanuts! Definitely an acquired taste though