Ask Joe Bob: Boiled Peanuts Edition

Brilliant - there's no subject Joe Bob can't pull an entertaining dissertation off the top of his head for, is there? (along with slipping in a little France and LA bashing 😆)

Very Cool! She'll love it! :) (Nice little town too - when you get off the highway...) And Thank You, Sir! I will now be looking out for a chance to try Kaiserschmarrn! Looked up some pics - it looks DELICIOUS!! (Many German settlements here - I regularly visit a place called Fredericksburg, and I'll be on the lookout for it there! :)

Thomas Backman

Oh wow - I have a niece living in Waco. I'll have to send her up to the Czech Stop! Also, there's an Austrian dish that needs to make it to the States called Kaiserschmarrn. So good...

GREAT questions, John! LOOOVED this post (and the pic - Thanks Darcy! Sadly, I'm still in therapy over missing Memphis, and my engine that blew up just outside of Malvern, AK, still hasn't been replaced... Mostly, because I missed out on a panel for one of my ATFaves, but also, because I hate breaking my word - I said, "See you in Memphis" when I saw you at the Texas Theater a week before, and alas - not meant to be... But I digress, and Better times are COMING... :). I've been in Texas for 6 years now, and I Loved the examples JB gave for the local specialties... of these, (for me) the clear winner is KOLACES!!!!!!!!!! OH MAN - what wonderfulness has fallen on the Earth, by the Grace of God and the hospitality of our Czech cousins!! John, if you find yourself ever travelling through WEST, TX (name of the town - south of Fort Worth), you MUST visit the "Czech Stop"... looong lines, and for good reason - you'll likely never find more Kolace Awesomeness in one place, anywhere! When I'm heading South, I try not to miss it! Loved the Halloween Special, and Looking Forward to seeing y'all again Soon! All the Very Best, and HAPPY TURKEY DAY, EVERYONE!! :)

Thomas Backman

I definitely second that motion @No Beans” in the Chili!!❤️❤️❤️

Joshua Sherwood

I've gotten them at roadside stops in Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana!!!

David M Johnson

Yes! Some convenience store chains have them too. Almost like your getting a cup of soup. Ladle and all, lol. And if you’re like me and love your wet nuts spicy, I recommend the Cajun flavor.

Ann Arbor's chili cook off disqualifies anyone who uses beans.

I refuse to ❤️ This comment. 😋

Canned ones like that aren’t as good, to be fair. The freshly made ones people sell on the dude of the road are where it’s at.

Not my neck of the woods, but in Georgia, they're "bolled" peanuts. And they're...I don't know quite what, exactly. Premature peanut butter?

Moviegique

Can't find the picture but was wondering through a walmart in Az once & saw cans of Boiled Peanuts. They were on a major Discount....gee I wonder why!!!

David M Johnson

And here I was thinking 'that's how I do it, too' haha!

We have kolaches in Nebraska! Wilber, NE is the Czech capital of the US and there’s a huge festival every year.

Ben Bird

You haven’t lived until you’ve tried alligator jerky. It tastes like you just licked the bottom of a swamp. 🤢

And us Mutants are giggling like schoolgirls. Tee hee hee…

Omg. 🤣. This needs to be made into a t-shirt that we can wear right now!

"I like to suck the juice out, crack it open and swallow the nut" somewhere darcy is laughing 😂

John Payne

Boiled peanuts are also popular in Hawai'i

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Ryan Rice

I ❤️ Wet nuts. 😉

IT’S PEE-CAN!!! What is wrong w you people?!!! 😋😋😋❤️

Not into wet peanuts.

Ryan Rice

Man, this is fantastic. With you 100% on pronunciation of Pecan Pie. A 'Pee-can' is what they give you in solitary confinement to relieve yourself (sorry Darcy)! Also, I've had gator meat, but Southern-fried rattle snake? Wow. Thank you both!!

Noooooo! Howwwww?? They’re so delicious!

I am born and raised in the South and I am a hard no on boiled peanuts.

Ryan Rice