Peanuts
I took the kiddies to a Manatees baseball game Monday night. I had my second youngest's birthday announced over PA. He was living on cloud nine, for the whole night.
Since they don't sell boiled peanuts there, I made my own for the game. Anyone else like boiled p-nuts? The first time I had them was out of a can, that I bought at Winn Dixie. I never had the fresh ones until one time some friends and I took a road trip up to Atlants to watch the Braves play the Reds. Some folks were selling them out in one of the parking lots. Man those were good.
I buy the raw peanuts from either Publix, where they sell them in bulk, or at Walmart where they sell them in a one pound bag.
The bag from Walmart will actually give you directions on how to boil them properly. I usually use just under 1/2 cup of salt for the brine and boil for three hours. I do have to keep adding water, otherwise they just aren't as good.
Back to the game, We sat right near the visitor's dugout. We were behind most of the game, but we ended up winning in the ninth. It was a really great finish to the game. My daughter really got into it, when the Sarasota Reds decided to intentionally walk a couple of our guys. She started calling them Big Fat Red Chickens......it was funny to watch heads pop out of the dugout to listen to a 7 y/o girl give them hell. (Daddy was proud.) She got the 'Chicken' part from the cackle the PA played during the walk.
All of the kids had a chance to run across the field around the 5th inning. The outfield gates open up and a mad rush of children stampede through the outfield to the tune of, Who let the Dogs out?
The three of mine that did the stunt had a fantastic time, even though each of them tripped up at least once. BIG SMILES!
Anyone seen a rocket around here?
Since they don't sell boiled peanuts there, I made my own for the game. Anyone else like boiled p-nuts? The first time I had them was out of a can, that I bought at Winn Dixie. I never had the fresh ones until one time some friends and I took a road trip up to Atlants to watch the Braves play the Reds. Some folks were selling them out in one of the parking lots. Man those were good.
I buy the raw peanuts from either Publix, where they sell them in bulk, or at Walmart where they sell them in a one pound bag.
The bag from Walmart will actually give you directions on how to boil them properly. I usually use just under 1/2 cup of salt for the brine and boil for three hours. I do have to keep adding water, otherwise they just aren't as good.
Back to the game, We sat right near the visitor's dugout. We were behind most of the game, but we ended up winning in the ninth. It was a really great finish to the game. My daughter really got into it, when the Sarasota Reds decided to intentionally walk a couple of our guys. She started calling them Big Fat Red Chickens......it was funny to watch heads pop out of the dugout to listen to a 7 y/o girl give them hell. (Daddy was proud.) She got the 'Chicken' part from the cackle the PA played during the walk.
All of the kids had a chance to run across the field around the 5th inning. The outfield gates open up and a mad rush of children stampede through the outfield to the tune of, Who let the Dogs out?
The three of mine that did the stunt had a fantastic time, even though each of them tripped up at least once. BIG SMILES!
Anyone seen a rocket around here?
posted by Tall Molly Man at 9:41 PM
4 Comments:
Really? They BOIL peanuts?
Why?
I mean it....
WHY?
"The outfield gates open up and a mad rush of children stampede through the outfield to the tune of, Who let the Dogs out?"
lol!
Anna,
I know it's hard to believe, and being from Washington St. I thought it sounded really disgusting too, but it's honestly good.
How cool about the rocket!
((I'm playing catch up since I'm such a slacker...))
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