We live in the heart of peanut country. With 3,000 farms, Virginia is the fifth-largest – and northernmost – producer in the country. Peanuts rank as the third most important state crop behind tobacco ...

This Saturday is the 10th Annual Palmetto Peanut Boil competition on Devine Street. Teams from around the Midlands will be offering up their very best recipes for what has been nicknamed “Southern ...

1. In a 3 gallon stockpot, dissolve 1/2 cup of the salt in 2 gallons of water and add the peanuts (the peanuts will float, but you can keep most of them submerged by using a dinner plate as a cap).

Until a few weeks ago, I’d never had a boiled peanut. The prevalence of this Southern salty snack didn’t quite make its way to my corner of the Ozarks, but Ted Prater, the chef behind Banger’s Sausage ...

This Saturday is the 10th Annual Palmetto Peanut Boil competition on Devine Street. Teams from around the Midlands will be offering up their very best recipes for what has been nicknamed “Southern ...