Cocktail peanut hack (sort of)

TechsasJim

Apologies if this has been discussed in the past but I love cocktail peanuts and love BBQ rubs/seasonings.

I like to work my way through a partial tin/can of Planter's cocktail peanuts then add bbq rub to the can, shake it up well and enjoy.

This run was Meat Church Holy Voodoo...added a nice little kick to a favorite snack.

RRP

Sounds interesting - I knew a guy who would pour out a can of fresh, still rather oily salted peanuts and sprinkle Mexene Chili Powder on them! He always laughed that nobody else in his home would eat them so they were always ALL HIS!!!

Legume

Sounds like a good idea.  And here I thought you were wading into the great debate on which brand of cola is best for dropping peanuts.

JohnInCarolina

We do something similar to this, but with microwave popcorn.  Open the bag, pour in some rub and shake - adds a pretty nice twist over just the usual salt and butter.  

johnmitchell

RRP said:

Sounds interesting - I knew a guy who would pour out a can of fresh, still rather oily salted peanuts and sprinkle Mexene Chili Powder on them! He always laughed that nobody else in his home would eat them so they were always ALL HIS!!!

Pro tip don’t forget to wash your hands before handling your junk

TechsasJim

Legume said:

Sounds like a good idea.  And here I thought you were wading into the great debate on which brand of cola is best for dropping peanuts.

Hahaha, being from TX I would go RC Cola IF I was steering the conversation that direction but to each their own.

TechsasJim

JohnInCarolina said:

We do something similar to this, but with microwave popcorn.  Open the bag, pour in some rub and shake - adds a pretty nice twist over just the usual salt and butter.  

Agree on that as well John!

JohnInCarolina

johnmitchell said:

RRP said:

Sounds interesting - I knew a guy who would pour out a can of fresh, still rather oily salted peanuts and sprinkle Mexene Chili Powder on them! He always laughed that nobody else in his home would eat them so they were always ALL HIS!!!

Pro tip don’t forget to wash your hands before handling your junk

Just the tip?

Legume

TechsasJim said:

JohnInCarolina said:

We do something similar to this, but with microwave popcorn.  Open the bag, pour in some rub and shake - adds a pretty nice twist over just the usual salt and butter.  

Agree on that as well John!

This is the sole reason we keep John Henry Mojave garlic stocked.

lousubcap

For those who have reasonable access to Total Wine and More stores, they carry many flavoured (nod) peanuts sourced from The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg linked here (https://www.thepeanutshop.com/category/seasoned) and quite a bit cheaper, $7/same sized can.  FWIW-

BTW-this is a forum cheap spend rabbit hole. 

td66snrf

RRP said:

Sounds interesting - I knew a guy who would pour out a can of fresh, still rather oily salted peanuts and sprinkle Mexene Chili Powder on them! He always laughed that nobody else in his home would eat them so they were always ALL HIS!!!

That's why I always get jalapeños on my pizza. No one else in my house will eat it. 

RRP

td66snrf said:

RRP said:

Sounds interesting - I knew a guy who would pour out a can of fresh, still rather oily salted peanuts and sprinkle Mexene Chili Powder on them! He always laughed that nobody else in his home would eat them so they were always ALL HIS!!!

That's why I always get jalapeños on my pizza. No one else in my house will eat it. 

add some anchovies to that and even your dog won't beg either!

JohnInCarolina

RRP said:

td66snrf said:

RRP said:

Sounds interesting - I knew a guy who would pour out a can of fresh, still rather oily salted peanuts and sprinkle Mexene Chili Powder on them! He always laughed that nobody else in his home would eat them so they were always ALL HIS!!!

That's why I always get jalapeños on my pizza. No one else in my house will eat it. 

add some anchovies to that and even your dog won't beg either!

Have you met any labs, Ron?  

fishlessman

my neighbor had a lab with a collar that said....DO NOT FEED had it put down about 6 weeks back, will take a year or two for my dog to stop running the quarter mile to her house to visit if he ever stops

lousubcap

Back before on-line ordering, used to periodically call in a double anchovy and mushroom pizza for pickup.  The place would never start making it til I showed up to pay/ pick up.

On at least one late Sunday afternoon having had a couple of warmup beers, ordered the above pizza.  Showed up with a friend and of course it's not ready/started.  So, we ordered a pitcher of beer, two mugs and started cruising the joint looking for left overs that had been abandoned.   Nice crust or slice, sit down eat the pizza and move on.  I think that pie was finished in record time. 

Edit: additional prose-

Early on after I got married. First takeout pizza out of the gate, I put anchovies on "only one half."  The oil crossed the imaginary line and I ended up with the entire pie.  Never have gotten that green light again. 

fishlessman

Anchovies go good with carmalized onion, a little balsamic, and gorgonzola topped on a pizza. Not a fan with them on a sauce and cheese pizza

RRP

I actually put anchovies in my favorite meatloaf recipe. I always tell people who grimace at the thought that until you have tried the recipe don’t knock the thought! 

Jstroke

I chuckle when people ask why my Caesar dressing tastes so good. They never believe me. I’m with @fishlessman, on a white pie, but not so much with tomato. 

JohnInCarolina

Jstroke said:

I chuckle when people ask why my Caesar dressing tastes so good. They never believe me. I’m with @fishlessman, on a white pie, but not so much with tomato. 

Learned something new today.  I did not know that.  

Botch

I've posted this before, but a reminder is okay.  The way to really bump up the umami in a dish, is to boost both the Glutamates, and the Nucleotides, in a dish; when both are present  )they somehow amplify each other and boost things a magnitude or so.  I have this printed out and taped to the inside door of my spice cabinet.  
 

 
(and I just noticed, what are the two ingredients in Japanese dashi , the flavor-bomb soup broth?   )

RRP

Jstroke said:

I chuckle when people ask why my Caesar dressing tastes so good. 

My honest story about guests we had years ago where I had served them a Caesar Salad. The guy said something like..,”WOW that was a taste I’ve never had…what was the taste?” 

I started to recite the ingredients  and about the time I said “raw egg” both he and his wife about blew up! Turned out Gordon was highly allergic to chicken eggs in any form which I did not know! Thankfully his wife’s purse was close by with some medicine in such an emergency! {which also kept him from barfing on our carpet much less dribbles shall we say from the other end on the race to a toilet!