Mariana Style Boiled Peanuts

Are you from the South?  If not, it doesn't matter, I plan to tell you about a great snack.  Years ago, I lived in Atlanta, Georgia and every now and then for a really wonderful weekend, I'd go up to the North Georgia Mountains.  I loved it.  That area is gorgeous especially when the leaves start changing.

One of the things that I noticed were all the boiled peanut stands. They sold peanuts in little paper bags.  I fell in love with this wonderful salty snack.  As years drifted by, I began making my own boiled peanuts.  Now, I'm going to tell you my recipe.  I do believe that most of the time anything you make from a recipe is hit and miss.  In this case, you are welomed to add your own ingredients but I'm going to give you a basic idea of how I make my boiled peanuts.  Here goes:

Get about three pounds of RAW peanuts

Start boiling water in a big pot.  Add a cup of salt and a fourth a cup of Cayenne pepper.

Add a jalapeno pepper, some garlics and throw in an onion (all optional)

Once the water is boiling, pour in the raw peanuts.  Make sure the water covers the peanuts.

Boil for about four hours.  You can take a peanut out after three hours and let it cool off and eat it.  If it's not soft, it's not ready. It may take five hours - read a book or something - just keep checking.

When they are good and soft, they are ready.

Make sure you pour the water out through a colander and then let the peanuts cool.

Put them in a big bowl and let folks eat them.  They are great with beer so maybe will be good if you like to watch football on TV.