Raw peanuts in their shells are being boiled in salty water for hours in an iron kettle over an open fire outdoors in Georgia, USA. It is one of the states in the South where boiled peanuts are a traditional snack food. Such peanuts also are popular in Alabama, Mississippi, northern Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. South Carolina has even passed a law designating boiled peanuts as the "official state snack food."


Raw peanuts in their shells are being boiled in salty water for hours in an iron kettle over an open fire outdoors in Georgia, USA. It is one of the states in the South where boiled peanuts are a traditional snack food. Such peanuts also are popular in Alabama, Mississippi, northern Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. South Carolina has even passed a law designating boiled peanuts as the "official state snack food."


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Location: Georgia, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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