Boiling Peanuts AKA Hoppers

There is a first time for everything...

Boiling your own "hoppers" is super easy and quite fun! All you need is

-crockpot
-seasonings
-raw peanuts
-electricity
-liquid to cover the hoppers

Q. Where do you find raw peanuts?
A. Farmers Market

Q. What is a good amount for a normal size crockopot?
A. 2 pounds

Here are the ingredients we used:

We used Jockamo IPA for our broth. Other non-conventional additions included truffle salt and hot sauce.

Cooking time: I recommend cooking the peanuts in the crockpot on high for 24 hours. Let those nuts soak in the flavor.

As you can see, this is a really fun process in which you can "set it & forget it."

These hoppers are perfect for game-day snacking and will stay good for up to two weeks if you keep the nuts in the fridge.

The Show Goes On...

Happy 28th Birthday Ashley Orr! You truly are a fantastic spice of life.

Congratulations as well to Austin Travis Lane who was this weeks lucky winner of GTD. The answers were:

1. Superior Seafood - Steak 'n Eggs
2. Superior Seafood - Couchon de Lait Po-boy
3. SoBou - Tuna Special

In an effort of keeping the fun guessing alive, can you guess where I had dinner last night?

Clues: This chain restaurant is relatively new to the NOLA dining scene. There were some items that were good value (vodka soda = $6.95 & redfish almondine $25) and there were others that made me scratch my head ( ie. 4 asparagus for $8 pretax and tip). Do you know how many happy meals I could buy for the same as the four asparagus? A LOT

So, where did I eat last night? Next week, I will be featuring a post on how to boil your own peanuts aka or as they call em in Alabama "hoppers." RTR