Thread: dang rough 2 hours

Originally Posted by Bowdacious

You may suffer the worst headache of your life if you stop caffeine cold turkey. Be prepared.

That is a fact. I quit diet cokes cold turkey for new year's and had to substitute tea and coffee in.

So far I haven't had a headache but I do miss my sweet tea. I wonder if caffeine free tea or coke would be ok as far as causing stones?

What is sweet tea? How do you make it? I know it's kind of a southern thing. Also, and I'm not trying to be an idiot here, but what's up with boiled peanuts? Like I said, just curious. Sorry if this post strayed a bit off topic.

Sweetea is Lipton ice tea (bags) made with boiling water and copious amounts of sugar. There is no recipe for sweetea. Either you knows or you doesn't
Boiled peanuts - just what the name implies. Best bought from an old guy wearing faded overalls with a cooker set up by his 40 year old truck on a rural highway---just past the sign for fresh cracklins/skins. Generally speaking, the further south you get, the spicier they tend to get. (Depending on where you live, cracklins and skins are the same thing or two different items)

oh - boiled peanuts should not be eaten while driving - they tend to be messy if fresh from the cooker

Thanks for the info dive.

Sweet tea is just iced tea sweetened to your liking. The further south you get the sweeter it is. It is so sweet down here that in some places your spoon will stand up in it. I don't plan on drinking it any more since it put me in labor for the most miserable 24 hours of my life.

Originally Posted by chillinfish

It is so sweet down here that in some places your spoon will stand up in it.

I hear you, I have gotten to where I order 1/2 sweet, 1/2 unsweet at most places and sometimes, its still too sweet for my taste. Some places its seems like its just brown sugar water...

I don't know how you folks drink syrup.

Sweetened tea should be put on pancakes.

I'll stick to my unsweetened tea so I can actually taste the, well, tea.

Like my coffee black also. How else can you enjoy a premium roast?

Also, if want to try boiled peanuts when you can't find the roadside vendors DD suggested, go to a gas station. Most will have green boiled peanuts by Peanut Patch in a yellow/green bag or can. If you don't want them green or cold, then most stations will have hot boiled peanuts in a slow cooker. Grab a cup and go. You can also heat up the green ones by microwaving and then pouring out the liquid.

Boiled peanuts, to me, are good either way.

Originally Posted by Viking Guy

I don't know how you folks drink syrup.

Also, if want to try boiled peanuts when you can't find the roadside vendors DD suggested, go to a gas station. Most will have green boiled peanuts by Peanut Patch in a yellow/green bag or can. If you don't want them green or cold, then most stations will have hot boiled peanuts in a slow cooker. Grab a cup and go. You can also heat up the green ones by microwaving and then pouring out the liquid.

Boiled peanuts, to me, are good either way.

That's where I actually saw them for the first time, in a gas station in Alabama last year. What makes boiled peanuts better than say regular dry peanuts? Wanted to try some but never got the chance...anyone want to give a northerner tips/recipes on making them.

Originally Posted by BDL1969

That's where I actually saw them for the first time, in a gas station in Alabama last year. What makes boiled peanuts better than say regular dry peanuts? Wanted to try some but never got the chance...anyone want to give a northerner tips/recipes on making them.

Just a different texture.

I like dry and boiled peanuts equally, so at the end of the day I think peanuts are peanuts.

Same as apples. I love them raw, dried, cooked and cobblered, etc. An apple is an apple--you like it or you don't.

Best thing to do is gather a flavor or seasoning you like and add about 1/2 cup of salt per pound of peanuts. Bring water to a boil and simmer 1 to 3 hours. Once peanuts are soft inside the shells, they are ready to eat.