dontfeartheringo wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Barbo wrote:Boiled peanuts as far as the eye can see.

Boiled? What's a boiled peanut like? I mean, I imagine it's still pretty peanutty, but how does it differ from a roasted nut?

(Sigh) Just when you think you have the nut world tamed, you discover people been boiling them all along.

Basically a large bean in a shell, kind of salty.

I could eat them endlessly, but it is definitely an acquired taste.

Also, should the decision arise, do not fuck around with "new" and "improved" variations, like "cajun" boiled peanuts.

That's just some bullshit.

Dude, what we English call a Monkey Nut, well that's just what the Americans refer to as a peanut! Just a nut with the shell...boiled peanuts are hot nuts basically. Nice too. Go to Alabama.

242sumner wrote:Finland is a bla bla bla

Finland is one of the coldest, rainiest, and darkest places on earth.

Finnish people drink excessive amounts of alcohol.

Finnish people are quiet, grumpy and everything but open-hearted.

In short: Finland is like Sweden, but worse.

Whatever you do, don't move to Finland. Or any other Scandinavian country for that matter.

Maybe Denmark.

Sweden, Finland, and Norway? Horrible, horrible places.

Thorr-
we may not be on the same page here- boiled peanuts are monkey nuts, yes, but boiled, and still sitting in a vat of hot brine when you find them.

That's why I said that they were much like a large bean. The shells split open, much like damp cardboard, and then what's inside is a peanut, still soft from being boiled.

I have seen one English person try a boiled peanut and immediately announce that it was revolting, and an excellent excuse to fuck off back to London and to never come to the benighted southern US ever again.

My friend from Brighton, on the other hand, laid waste to an entire bag of them with just a wee bit of help from me.

so, definitely not for everyone.

dontfeartheringo wrote:Thorr-
we may not be on the same page here- boiled peanuts are monkey nuts, yes, but boiled, and still sitting in a vat of hot brine when you find them.

That's why I said that they were much like a large bean. The shells split open, much like damp cardboard, and then what's inside is a peanut, still soft from being boiled.

I have seen one English person try a boiled peanut and immediately announce that it was revolting, and an excellent excuse to fuck off back to London and to never come to the benighted southern US ever again.

My friend from Brighton, on the other hand, laid waste to an entire bag of them with just a wee bit of help from me.

so, definitely not for everyone.

uh...i just remember them being all brown and sticky in a big vat on the corner of a street. i ate um up.

fantasmatical thorr wrote:

dontfeartheringo wrote:Thorr-
we may not be on the same page here- boiled peanuts are monkey nuts, yes, but boiled, and still sitting in a vat of hot brine when you find them.

That's why I said that they were much like a large bean. The shells split open, much like damp cardboard, and then what's inside is a peanut, still soft from being boiled.

I have seen one English person try a boiled peanut and immediately announce that it was revolting, and an excellent excuse to fuck off back to London and to never come to the benighted southern US ever again.

My friend from Brighton, on the other hand, laid waste to an entire bag of them with just a wee bit of help from me.

so, definitely not for everyone.

uh...i just remember them being all brown and sticky in a big vat on the corner of a street. i ate um up.

right, same page then.

Salut, fellow boiled peanut enthusiast!

dontfeartheringo wrote:
I have seen one English person try a boiled peanut and immediately announce that it was revolting, and an excellent excuse to fuck off back to London and to never come to the benighted southern US ever again.

in this case the english person was spot on... boiled peanuts? why not just eat your own puke?

yaledelay wrote:

dontfeartheringo wrote:
I have seen one English person try a boiled peanut and immediately announce that it was revolting, and an excellent excuse to fuck off back to London and to never come to the benighted southern US ever again.

in this case the english person was spot on... boiled peanuts? why don't I just fuck off?

FYP.

Thanks for your input, though.

It means a lot to me to hear YOU say it.

tmidgett wrote:
Missoula, MT, as you know, is my hometown, and I find it to remain a charming place. They have a very good college football team and Pioneer League baseball. But that's it. And not so much rock music.

I think Brad would be pretty off with the rock music in Missoula, in my opinion.

From what I've seen, Missoula gets a pretty diverse array of touring bands, mostly thanks to efforts of Wantage Records and my friend Mike from the Victory Smokes. Certainly better than the rock options currently available in Boise.

Much like Austin, it is an oasis. Missoula may be the best town I've been to repeatedly between Seattle and Minneapolis.

tallchris wrote:From what I've seen, Missoula gets a pretty diverse array of touring bands, mostly thanks to efforts of Wantage Records and my friend Mike from the Victory Smokes. Certainly better than the rock options currently available in Boise.

Much like Austin, it is an oasis. Missoula may be the best town I've been to repeatedly between Seattle and Minneapolis.

It's unquestionably the best place between Seattle and MPLS. And I'm sure the music action is better than it used to be lo those many years ago where has the time gone.

Brad, Missoula has it all over Boise, is the thing. Boise is fucking full of Mormons, for example. Missoula is not. Missoula has a greater per-capita population of burnouts than Mormons. Are you not some kind of burnout? Welcome to Missoula! Perhaps you can make things and sell them to Rockin' Rudy's!

Re extra-Austin TX, yes, the hill country, she is OK by me.

Or you could just move to Lockhart--you could probably get a hell of a house in Lockhart for pretty cheap--and kill yourself slowly on brisket.

Houseboat? RV? Some kind of amphibious RV/Houseboat?