Comments on: P-Nuts! http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/08/19/p-nuts/ Science, science education, and other things Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:58:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/08/19/p-nuts/comment-page-1/#comment-20690 Rick Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:11:14 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/08/19/p-nuts/#comment-20690 "Bald" peanuts show up around South Carolina if you go a little off of the beaten path, as do "ball" peanuts and "boil" peanuts. Of course, when I'm in these areas I never seem to have my camera. The sign above is from the local farmer's market - and has been there for a number of years. I've never asked the stand owner what the heck a "boilod" peanut is, since I'm usually too busy buying some of his local tomatoes. “Bald” peanuts show up around South Carolina if you go a little off of the beaten path, as do “ball” peanuts and “boil” peanuts. Of course, when I’m in these areas I never seem to have my camera.

The sign above is from the local farmer’s market – and has been there for a number of years. I’ve never asked the stand owner what the heck a “boilod” peanut is, since I’m usually too busy buying some of his local tomatoes.

]]> By: Abel Pharmboy http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/08/19/p-nuts/comment-page-1/#comment-20689 Abel Pharmboy Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:51:51 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/08/19/p-nuts/#comment-20689 Even as a transplant to the South, I have grown to have a fanatical love of the boiled peanut. In North Florida on roadside stands along US 301 between Gainesville and Jacksonville, I have seen these spellings: bold peanuts boildid peanuts bald peanuts boll peanuts And, at a closed stand, "Gone Home, I'm Tard." Even as a transplant to the South, I have grown to have a fanatical love of the boiled peanut. In North Florida on roadside stands along US 301 between Gainesville and Jacksonville, I have seen these spellings:

bold peanuts
boildid peanuts
bald peanuts
boll peanuts

And, at a closed stand, “Gone Home, I’m Tard.”

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