Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
All the so-called clone recipes call for the sugar/peanuts/water mixed to be cooked until dry. I did that, following the recipe above. But it wasn't what I remember. The coating crystallized, like fudge that was stirred. The result wasn't a crunchy candy coating, but a crystallized sugary thing. It was good, as far as it went, but not what I was looking for. Was it because I stirred the mixture too much? Should I have just left it to cook itself dry, without stirring?
Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
Sounds like French Burnt Peanuts, AKA Boston Baked Beans without the lumps.
Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
RobtE
Run, don't walk, to your local drug store. Look in the snack aisle. They sell cans of BEER NUTS.
Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
RobtE
Run, don't walk, to your local drug store. Look in the snack aisle. They sell cans of BEER NUTS.
Jill
Apolgies beforehand, Sunshine, but I'm finding it difficult to contain my anger at the sheer butt-headed stupidity of your post. Has it ever crossed your pea-brain that not every participant in this discussion group lives in the US? I, for one, left the US some 15 years ago. I have to make do with what's available in my country of choice.
[snip] Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
.... The result wasn't a crunchy candy coating, but a crystallized sugary thing. It was good, as far as it went, but not what I was looking for. Was it because I stirred the mixture too much? Should I have just left it to cook itself dry, without stirring?
Stirring is not necessary while it's boiling but I don't see why it would matter. If you try this recipe again, add 1/4 cup or so of maple syrup to the mixture. That might move it closer to the candy coating you remember. -aem
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Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
Sounds like French Burnt Peanuts, AKA Boston Baked Beans without the lumps.
I think I agree. What you describe is not the way I remember Beer Nuts. I recall beer nuts as having a sweet/salty, thin, non-lumpy coating. The red bumpy ones were burnt peanuts.
Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
RobtE
Run, don't walk, to your local drug store. Look in the snack aisle. They sell cans of BEER NUTS.
Jill
Apolgies beforehand, Sunshine, but I'm finding it difficult to contain my anger at the sheer butt-headed stupidity of your post. Has it ever crossed your pea-brain that not every participant in this discussion group lives in the US? I, for one, left the US some 15 years ago. I have to make do with what's available in my country of choice.
RobtE
You don't have drug stores or stores with snack aisles in your country of choice? Hmmm, I'd consider a different country, then.
Now, I think I remember my dad bringing BEER NUTS home from the bar. What I remember is peanuts with a lumpy candy shell, a red candy coating with, presumably, the lumps caused by the coarse salt.
RobtE
Run, don't walk, to your local drug store. Look in the snack aisle.
They
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sell cans of BEER NUTS.
Jill
Apolgies beforehand, Sunshine, but I'm finding it difficult to contain my anger at the sheer butt-headed stupidity of your post. Has it ever crossed your pea-brain that not every participant in this discussion group lives in the US? I, for one, left the US some 15 years ago. I have to make do with what's available in my country of choice.
RobtE
Has it ever crossed your pea-brain to state where the hell you live before soliciting information on something that specific? If it weren't the whole product, it could be an ingredient, and no one know what you have available where you live.
-- Wayne Boatwright *¿* _____________________________________________
Has it ever crossed your pea-brain to state where the hell you live before soliciting information on something that specific? If it weren't the whole product, it could be an ingredient, and no one know what you have available where you live.
Sounds like he was looking for help on a recipe, not a place to buy them. Hopefully, armed with the more common name of the product (French Burnt Peanuts), he can find some help with the recipe.
On Tue 13 Dec 2005 04:44:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Wertz?
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Has it ever crossed your pea-brain to state where the hell you live before soliciting information on something that specific? If it weren't the whole product, it could be an ingredient, and no one know what you have available where you live.
Sounds like he was looking for help on a recipe, not a place to buy them. Hopefully, armed with the more common name of the product (French Burnt Peanuts), he can find some help with the recipe.
-sw
Good thing he described it. Beer Nuts aren't even remotely related to French Burnt Peanuts.
-- Wayne Boatwright *¿* _____________________________________________
On Tue 13 Dec 2005 04:44:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Wertz?
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Wayne Boatwright said:
Has it ever crossed your pea-brain to state where the hell you live before soliciting information on something that specific? If it weren't the whole product, it could be an ingredient, and no one know what you have available where you live.
Sounds like he was looking for help on a recipe, not a place to buy them. Hopefully, armed with the more common name of the product (French Burnt Peanuts), he can find some help with the recipe.
-sw
Good thing he described it. Beer Nuts aren't even remotely related to French Burnt Peanuts.
Just about bought a bag of french burnt peanuts yesterday! Damn! I should have known they were from FRANCE (laughing)
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On Tue 13 Dec 2005 04:44:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Wertz?
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On 14 Dec 2005 00:11:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Has it ever crossed your pea-brain to state where the hell you live > before soliciting information on something that specific? If it > weren't the whole product, it could be an ingredient, and no one > know what you have available where you live.
Sounds like he was looking for help on a recipe, not a place to buy them. Hopefully, armed with the more common name of the product (French Burnt Peanuts), he can find some help with the recipe.
-sw
Good thing he described it. Beer Nuts aren't even remotely related to French Burnt Peanuts.
Just about bought a bag of french burnt peanuts yesterday! Damn! I should have known they were from FRANCE (laughing)
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On Tue 13 Dec 2005 04:44:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Wertz?
> On 14 Dec 2005 00:11:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright > <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Has it ever crossed your pea-brain to state where the hell you >> live before soliciting information on something that specific? >> If it weren't the whole product, it could be an ingredient, and >> no one >> know what you have available where you live. > > Sounds like he was looking for help on a recipe, not a place to > buy them. Hopefully, armed with the more common name of the > product (French Burnt Peanuts), he can find some help with the > recipe. > > -sw
Good thing he described it. Beer Nuts aren't even remotely related to French Burnt Peanuts.
Just about bought a bag of french burnt peanuts yesterday! Damn! I should have known they were from FRANCE (laughing)
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Excuse me? The product called "Beer Nuts" is not equal to Spanish peanuts. Who told you to say that?
Indeed!
Beer Nuts have this light candy coating......
Well, yet again I've learnt something new from RFC. You can buy something called "beer nuts" here (NSW, Australia), but they don't have any sort of coating on them. They're just roasted, salted peanuts still in their red skins.
A candy coated beer nut sounds odd to me <g> as I wouldn't usually think of something sweet as going with beer. Or is the candy coating not very sweet? Are they actually meant to be eaten with beer?
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Wayne Boatwright wrote: > On Tue 13 Dec 2005 04:44:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it > Steve Wertz? > >> On 14 Dec 2005 00:11:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright >> <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>> Has it ever crossed your pea-brain to state where the hell you >>> live before soliciting information on something that specific? >>> If it weren't the whole product, it could be an ingredient, and >>> no one >>> know what you have available where you live. >> >> Sounds like he was looking for help on a recipe, not a place to >> buy them. Hopefully, armed with the more common name of the >> product (French Burnt Peanuts), he can find some help with the >> recipe. >> >> -sw > > Good thing he described it. Beer Nuts aren't even remotely related > to French Burnt Peanuts.
Just about bought a bag of french burnt peanuts yesterday! Damn! I should have known they were from FRANCE (laughing)
Jill
What kind of wine tonight, Jill? :-)
Australian Chardonnay... you? <G>
Jill
Some god-awful California merlot that a friend brought over.
