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Thread Number: 88292
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Dry Roast Peanuts |
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| Post# 1128599 9/13/2021 at 21:34 (955 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
 Last several years, complaints have been registered [largely online] about Planter's dry roast peanuts. Longtime buyers saying flavor is wrong, rancid, lower-grade [smaller] nuts.
Coincides with Planters being bought out by Kraft, the WCI of packaged foods. Their 'French onion dip' doesn't even taste like food, nor does it contain much compared to other brands including store brands which start with sour cream not water whipped into soybean oil.
If you've been victimized by the inedibility of recent Planter's-labeled dry roast peanuts, all may not be lost. Planter's brand has in turn been bought out by Hormel. It will take them months to correct the Kraft shortcomings and sell off existing inventory. You might try them again after the first of the year, see if they are more like you remember.
Myself, I'm not in the market. Peanuts are becoming too hard for my aging fillings. Just broke another one eating a Baby Ruth. | ||
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Post# 1128606 , Reply# 1 9/13/2021 at 22:58 (955 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1128641 , Reply# 2 9/14/2021 at 10:51 (954 days old) by WhiteWhiskers (Silicon Valley, California) |
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Love Planters Peanuts
(Doing my Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls impersonation)
Picture it, the year is 1966, Atlantic City, NJ, on the boardwalk near Steel Pier, a young boy has his dream come true by seeing Mr. Peanut in person! He's a giant with stilts, wearing a peanut costume and of course he's also wearing a top hat. We are talking exciting stuff! The air is filled with the totally wonderful aroma of roasting peanuts. Something I'll always remember. At Christmas I get a Mr. Peanut peanut butter maker. It didn't work that great. After a few weeks something plastic broke in the crank mechanism. And then my brother put the thing under a lamp where the head melted. After that I have no memory of what happened to the thing. Note that the current jar of peanuts is labeled K for Kosher. One usually associates Hormel products with pork, a very un-kosher food. Should be interesting when the change happens if the new jars are still Kosher. | ||
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Post# 1128649 , Reply# 3 9/14/2021 at 13:11 (954 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan) |
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Rick - peanuts have been a regular part of my diet my entire life. My favorite are the roasted in the shell variety, but they always make such a mess I now only eat them outside in the warmer months. My favorite kind of shelled peanuts are the Spanish variety, which are smaller and still have their thin skins.
But my go-to daily peanut snack is dry roasted. Today's Planter's peanuts ARE NOTHING close to what they used to be in terms of taste, size or texture. I stopped buying Planter's products quite a while ago because the decline in quality was quite obvious to me. I hope Hormel decides to take Planter's back to their old standards of quality. I'll keep an eye on the packages and see when the Hormel name starts showing up on the back. Thanks! | ||
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Post# 1128650 , Reply# 4 9/14/2021 at 13:44 (954 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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I love peanuts too. I however prefer the Honey Roasted to the Dry Roasted, they aren’t as salty. When I was a kid I loved those little cellophane bags of Planters and Circus peanuts.
I also had a baby sitter when I was very small and Mom worked, we were dropped off there early every morning and Mom picked us up on her way home from work. Her name was Mrs. Hoskins, but we called her Nanny. She kept a 50 lb. bag of raw peanuts next to her stove in the kitchen. For my brother and my afternoon snack she would dip into the 50 Lb. bag of raw peanuts with a pie pan and place the pan full of peanuts into the oven and roast the peanuts then give them to Joe and I. They were out of this world. BTW, Nanny also dipped snuff and she had those old squat 1 Lb. coffee cans with tissue in them strategically placed around the house for her spittoons. We both loved her very much. Eddie | ||
| Post# 1128652 , Reply# 5 9/14/2021 at 14:00 (954 days old) by Oliger (Indianapolis, Indiana) | ||
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I thought something was up! Lately jars of Planter's peanuts have tasted like they were roasted in chicken noodle soup. Not exactly a taste I think of when I think peanut. | ||
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Post# 1128691 , Reply# 7 9/14/2021 at 22:05 (954 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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But watch out!
My dad used to have issues with his digestive system and he always liked Planters dry roast nuts. One day my mom said "I notice there's nuts in the house, he can't have that with his diverticulitis." "Sam. you're going to end up in the hospital again". Sure enough, the next week, he was in the hospital. This is when he started taking Metamucil, every day for the rest of his life.
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Post# 1128696 , Reply# 8 9/14/2021 at 23:07 (954 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 1128698 , Reply# 9 9/14/2021 at 23:10 (954 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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I’ll Second That | ||
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Post# 1128703 , Reply# 10 9/15/2021 at 00:07 (954 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Just made a 2 pound container of peanut butter-using two 1 pound cans of Planters Peanuts in the Twister jar on the Blendtech.Use the peanut butter in my sandwiches at work.Have had no taste problems with the nuts or the butter I made.Making the peanut butter-NOISY--But good! | ||
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Post# 1128709 , Reply# 11 9/15/2021 at 01:59 (954 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1128714 , Reply# 12 9/15/2021 at 06:19 (954 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Rich and Eddie.... | ||
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Post# 1128735 , Reply# 13 9/15/2021 at 09:42 (953 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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All I can say is... | ||
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Post# 1128736 , Reply# 14 9/15/2021 at 09:45 (953 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 1128755 , Reply# 15 9/15/2021 at 14:04 (953 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan) |
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Post# 1128956 , Reply# 17 9/17/2021 at 23:32 (951 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Peanuts have plenty of fiber, so they should be OK. However one thing to be a bit wary of with peanuts is aflatoxin, which from my college nutrition classes I learned peanuts and peanut butters tend to have. I would go as far as to say that back in the 70's we learned that ALL peanut butters had aflatoxin contamination. Aflatoxin apparently comes from a mold that grows on harvested peanuts. I don't know about peanut products today, hopefully they've improved harvesting and storage conditions to minimize mold growth. And, as I recall, aflatoxin can cause cancer. But according to the link below, nowadays aflatoxins in domestic mass produced peanut butters are minimal, due to stringent regulations and inspections.
"Aflatoxin exposure from peanuts can be controlled and reduced by visually checking nuts for moldy-looking, discolored, or shriveled specimens, which should be discarded (this isn’t like potatoes chips where the dark ones taste better; any discoloration could be a sign of harmful mold). In general, only buying nuts and nut butters that were produced (and thus regulated) in the United States is your best bet to avoid any unwanted exposure. According to the University of California Berkeley Wellness Center, peanuts sold inside the U.S. are not considered a problem, but you should still take care to store them in a cool, dry place (all the more reason to eat peanut butter right out of the fridge)." Of the others, I love Brazil nuts but often those also can be a bit dodgy. I just discard the ones that are discolored or moldy. Macadamias are also delicious, if a bit pricey. In general, tree nuts are a healthy way to consume protein, fiber, and good oils. CLICK HERE TO GO TO SudsMaster's LINK | ||
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Post# 1129078 , Reply# 18 9/19/2021 at 06:41 (950 days old) by WhiteWhiskers (Silicon Valley, California) |
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something for everybody
Got these at Costco last month. Brazil and Macadamia top my list. Yum! My only complaint is the salt content. Too salty for my taste. It's almost like I want to rinse off the salt before eating.
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Post# 1129362 , Reply# 19 9/22/2021 at 23:31 (946 days old) by gredmondson (San Francisco, California 94117 USA) |
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Post# 1129465 , Reply# 20 9/24/2021 at 00:14 (945 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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I picked up some of the salted Costco mixed nuts today. They are a bit on the salty side. As an experiment I put about a cup in a mesh colander and rinsed them under a spray faucet. The result? Still slightly salty, but much less than before the rinsing. Of course they are a bit damp, but... they will get more damp once I eat them. LOL.
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Post# 1129485 , Reply# 21 9/24/2021 at 07:58 (944 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 1129493 , Reply# 22 9/24/2021 at 11:41 (944 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Ditto Jamie!
That’s the way I get the excess salt off of Macadamia nuts Jamie. It works like a charm doesn’t it.
If you rinse the nuts off with water then you should immediately dry them with a paper towel, then place them in a sheet pan in a single layer and place the pan in a 325 to 350 F oven for about 5 to 10 mins to dry them off. And watch them CAREFULLY so as not to burn the nuts. This way you can enjoy the nuts without them being soggy. But why got thru this when the paper towel trick is so much easier. Eddie | ||
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Post# 1129502 , Reply# 23 9/24/2021 at 12:51 (944 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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BTW, I make a Macadamia Nut Cream Pie that is very delicious. That’s how I learned the paper towel trick for getting the excess salt off of the nuts. I just use the same recipe that I use for Coconut Cream Pie, but substitute chopped Macadamia nuts for the coconut. If you like cream pies and Macadamia nuts give it a try, you won’t be disappointed.
Eddie. | ||
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Post# 1129623 , Reply# 24 9/26/2021 at 02:51 (943 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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I got a jar of unsalted mixed nuts at the same time I got the regular ones. Unfortunately there are no Brazil or Macadamia nuts in the unsalted product.
The salted nuts did get a little soggy from the rinsing but that didn't bother me, and I only rinsed enough to eat within a few hours. Next time I'll try the paper towel method. | ||
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Post# 1129958 , Reply# 25 9/30/2021 at 02:37 (939 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Here I am eating what’s one of my favorites that’s convenient and NUT-rituous but—Oh, those messy SHELLS!!!!—…
— Dave | ||
| Post# 1130238 , Reply# 26 10/3/2021 at 09:53 (935 days old) by MixGuy (St. Martinville, Louisiana) | ||
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Homemade Peanut Butter Does eating peanut butter affect digestive issues as compared to eating peanuts? Has anyone ever made peanut butter using dry roasted peanuts? | ||
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Post# 1130417 , Reply# 27 10/5/2021 at 02:04 (934 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Metamucil 2 week Challenge!
I'm doing the challenge and if anyone is eating all those nuts it might be a good idea too!
The web site has all kinds of healthy tips. CLICK HERE TO GO TO neptunebob's LINK | ||
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