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a bag full of peanuts sitting on top of a table

Boiling raw peanuts in salted water till they’re soft and creamy inside is common across much of the South, but there’s good reason to believe boiled peanuts have a special connection to the Lowcountry. According to the Charleston City Paper, peanuts—which traveled to the South on 18th-century slave ships from Africa, where the Portuguese had brought them from Brazil—were likely first served boiled here by Africans, who’d eaten the green, freshly picked legumes that way for centuries. By the…

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nuts and almonds are arranged in the shape of a circle

Confused about the difference between nuts and seeds? How about peanuts; are they nuts? It sounds like they are but, surprise, they aren't. You would think if the word nut was in the common name it would be a nut, right? Click here to clarify the differences.

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peanut butter spread on toast with bananas in the backgroung and two bowls

Learn how to make homemade peanut butter with 1 ingredient and 1 simple step. Eat this peanut butter recipe with fruit, on sandwiches, or with a spoon! #recipe #healthy #peanutbutter #homemade #easy #howtomake #DIY #sugarfree #best #peanuts

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a jar filled with party mix nuts

Adapted from The Sweet Life in Paris Glazing the nuts with spices and adding a touch of sweetness, makes this the perfect nibble before dinner with an aperitif. I melt the butter in a large bowl, so I can do all the mixing in that bowl, making one less thing for me to wash as well. Note that the salt is added after the nuts are stirred, so it doesn’t dissolve. And be sure to use coarse salt, which has an appealing, crunchy texture and more delicate flavor than ordinary table salt.

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