Yesterday, hubby pulled some weeds by the front of the house. It was a small area that I had dug up, gosh, five or so years ago when we got rid of the flower bed in front of the house that had been here when we moved in. The landscape timbers were rotting, etcetera. And we had an invasive humming bird vine to get rid of. Don't get me wrong. I love them, but hubby did NOT want them attaching themselves to the house. So, the easiest way to get rid of them and the rotting timbers was to remove the whole thing. Bushes, flowers, vines and all.
A couple of the azaleas we kept. One has never flowered in all the time we have lived here (of course I managed to pick that one to keep out of all the others, haha). The other blooms like crazy.
But to get back to the hubby pulling weeds. He brought one of them in and showed it to me. This is what it had on it.
One lonely peanut. I wanted to keep the plant, but he threw it away. I have no idea where this peanut came from. We don't eat raw peanuts and none of the neighbors have ever had a garden to my knowledge. The peanut was green when he brought it in, and has been drying on the counter since about 5 PM yesterday.
I think I'd like to try growing peanuts in Louisiana. Should be somewhat easy. Never tried roasting or drying raw nuts though. I love pecans out of the shell, but I've never eaten raw peanuts. Only roasted and salted or roasted and sweetened. i.e., store bought.
Happy Wednesday! :)
We are always digging up whole peanuts, the Scrub Jays and squirrels are the culprits. They get them out of the bird feeders around the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteHow funny! One of life's little surprises I guess!
ReplyDeleteDoc, we have definitely had a lot of squirrels the last couple of years, so that must be it. :)
ReplyDeleteMelodie, it certainly was a surprise! :)
Wow... what a surprise that was. I have never seen a peanut plant. I think I will go to google images and take a look.
ReplyDeleteIf you're eating peanuts in Louisiana they gotta be boiled : )
ReplyDeleteCallie, it was indeed a surprise. :)
ReplyDeleteCQ, whoever boiled the first peanut is what I want to know. They sometimes have boiled peanuts here at the flea markets and quite frankly they smell terrible to me, haha. What are peas for if you're going to boil peanuts? Haha. I might try them sometime. ;)
Guess it helps to actually hit post when I reply. ;)
Boil peanuts? : 0 My goodness, I lead a sheltered life. The things that I have never heard of would fill volumes of books.
ReplyDeleteHahaha!!!
ReplyDeleteCCC, same here. When we first got here, I hadn't really seen boiled peanuts. Then it seems like, oh, 2 or 3 years ago, everyone started doing it.
And they SMELL. I have to hold my breath when someone boils them at the flea market, haha.
Ugh.
The smell is enough to keep me from trying them.
I might try them some time though. Never know. :)
I've never heard of boiling peanuts either, but I did grow peanuts one year. Yes, here in Michigan. They have a very long growing season, but I found one that would mature before a frost. Planted a row about 10 ft long. When the plants started to yellow, I dug them up, washed off the dirt, and hung the plants with the peanuts on the roots to dry. Then picked off the peanuts and roasted them in the oven. Then I shucked them and ended up with about 1/2 a cup. Never planted them again! :-) Way to much work for a 1/2 a cup!
ReplyDeleteWayne, you made me chuckle, bro! But still, it is interesting and good to know that I will need way more than 10 feet of plants if I plan to grow them.
ReplyDeleteI think I may just leave them to the peanut farmers. :)