Boiled peanuts

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It's a red sauce called sambal which is a mild chilli paste served over cocounut rice with cucumbers, curried (or fried) chicken, boiled egg, fried fish (called Ikan bilis) and peanuts. Sometimes served with squid rings and/or prawns (optional extra).

It is literally one of my favourite dishes in the world. Just thinking of it makes me salivate more than Pavlov's dog.

that's fancier than i ever et. i could do without the cukes [blech! ] and the only way i can tolerate squid is dried and seasoned like jerky.

The combination works harmoniously. Like a masterpiece. The cucumber cools down the heat from the sambal. The squid is sauteed but is optional (I don't need it) but the ikan bilis is fried whole baitfish which is crispy/chewy.

The standout/highlight of the dish is the sauce, but the peanuts go really well with it, My conundrum is whether boiled salted peanuts may actually work with this dish as opposed to lightly fried nuts?

to me, fried is almost always better than boiled.

The closest I've come to eating boiled peanuts that I know of, is peanuts in Asian dishes that became soft in the cooking process.

They're boiled in salt, I don't think they need any more added O_O

Well that probably settles it. Never trying boiled peanuts. I'll stick to roasted peanuts for Asian dishes.

I never even heard of boiled peanuts until I read about them in a magazine article about food in the southern US. Peanuts are really legumes, so I figured they'd be like cooked peas or beans. If I had the opportunity I might try them at least. But I heard people also eat them with the shells on. They look so stringy and tough.

I'm not really a big fan of peanuts, even the roasted variety. But I like peanut butter.

when i visited mt. vernon [president george washington's colonial home] and sampled washington's peanut soup, i was hooked.

I'm originally from the deep south & I never tried boiled peanuts. I don't care for nuts (sounds like a sex joke in my head as I'm typing this ) except I like roasted cashews & peanuts that have already been pealed(or whatever the term is for taking their shells off) if they have been salted. I also really like peanut butter & love Reese's candy & peanut butter ice-cream Now I'm suddenly hungry for some but I don't have any

I’ve lived in the Southern US my entire life and have never tried boiled peanuts. It always sounded gross. Just like the people who put peanuts in their Coca Cola.

I don't think I heard of people putting peanuts in their Coke before. That sounds very weird but actually does not surprise me that some do it. There are some very odd things in the south. Different people have different preferences & I like what I like & I always been an extremely picky eater thou I used to be a lot worse.

I’ve seen the peanuts in coke before.People would drink it when it was really hot, maybe for the salt.Like homemade Gatorade.
Peanut butter pie is delicious.

From what I can remember, boiled peanuts are pretty similar to steamed edamame. Similar consistency. Different flavor, of course.
I don't think I tried eating one with the shell on, but I've known people who ate roasted peanuts shell and all >_<


"Shelled".

I've read that the Americans came up with fried Coke, deep-fried butter and deep-fried beer.

And they think we're weird for pouring maple syrup on the snow and eating it.

Actually, I think that's more of a thing in Quebec and maybe New Brunswick, because I've never had it.

maple snow sounds yummy.