# Am I the only one who likes the rotten peanuts?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509 "2016-03-10T02:35:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/1 "2016-03-10T02:35:54Z")
I like peanuts. I am not allergic to peanuts (good thing). Salted in the shell, lately I’ve been favoring the Cajun Spicy ones (I think they mix Cayenne pepper with the salt). Regardless, the spicy doesn’t matter. Even with the standard salted in the shell peanuts, every once in a while, you come across one that is shriveled up, nearly black, deformed peanuts when you open the shell. My wife will throw these away! I love them. When I fine one, it’s like finding a four-leaf clover. Like a double-yolk egg. I love them!
Sure, they aren’t as big, they aren’t as sweet, but they are chocked full of flavor! Maybe not the best flavor in the world, but one of those little, shriveled-up, black nuts will fill my mouth with flavor for a long time.
Anyone else like these?
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/2 "2016-03-10T03:48:28Z")
Well, to be sure, when I inadvertently chew on one of those, they do indeed “fill my mouth with flavor for a long time”. I’ll give you that.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/3 "2016-03-10T05:38:59Z")
So you ate it anyway, ate it anyway, ate it anyway last night.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/4 "2016-03-10T14:12:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> So you ate it anyway, ate it anyway, ate it anyway last night.
In a canyon, in a cavern
**excavating (for a mind)**
Found a peanut, it was rotten
Ate it anyway, then he died.
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### Author:  [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/5 "2016-03-10T16:00:32Z")
You’re not concerned about aflatoxins?
> **[Aflatoxins - Cancer-Causing Substances](https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/aflatoxins)**
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> Learn about aflatoxins, a family of toxins associated with an increased risk of liver cancer. Aflatoxins are produced by certain fungi found on agricultural crops such as maize (corn), peanuts, cottonseed, and tree nuts.
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### Author:  [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/6 "2016-03-12T20:35:32Z")
I love the shriveled ones! But they’re usually the same color as the others, maybe just a little darker which I assumed meant they over-roasted.
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/7 "2016-03-12T20:43:36Z")
I also like those “off” peanuts that have a more intense flavor. But quality varies in those off peanuts, some are great but others taste like ash and old dust. Also, I would not want a whole bag of them. They are great as flavor breaks but one after another would be a but much.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/8 "2016-03-12T21:37:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> So you ate it anyway, ate it anyway, ate it anyway last night.
**excavating (for a mind)**, did you get sick, by any chance? Perhaps last night as well?
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/9 "2016-03-13T02:55:48Z")
It’s apparent we all sang different songs as children.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Lebodnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Lebodnik)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/10 "2016-03-13T04:39:34Z")
> [@Surreal](#):
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> You’re not concerned about aflatoxins?
>
> [Aflatoxins - Cancer-Causing Substances - NCI](http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/aflatoxins)
This.
I remember reading a long time ago that rotten peanuts could give you colon cancer.
Though I suppose what I think we’re calling “rotten” peanuts doesn’t necessarily mean they have this fungus. Still I’d avoid it.
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### Author:  [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/11 "2016-03-16T05:11:42Z")
I don’t like Violet or Patty. Lucy, though, I think is just misunderstood.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/12 "2016-03-16T14:27:24Z")
Relocated to Cafe Society from IMHO.
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### Author:  [@spacegoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacegoose)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/13 "2017-03-17T00:44:42Z")
I knew I couldn’t be the only one … yes, I’m late to this thread but also love strange shriveled crunchy peanuts, they have an interesting flavor, sometimes akin to a strong cheese, well that’s the best comparison I’ve got.
I’ve been eating the weird ones for years and have never become ill (knock on wood :)).
I don’t know the reason for these peanuts, whether they are atrophied, diseased, or over-roasted, but I would definitely eat a whole bag of them, could I find them. You only ever seem to come across them in the shell, luckily there seem always to be several per bag. Peanut lovers, go to Five Guys, free peanuts!! And to my mind, the best burgers.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/14 "2017-03-17T01:01:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> It’s apparent we all sang different songs as children.
I learned the same version of Found a Peanut as you did, no worries.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509/15 "2017-03-17T10:51:35Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#):
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> I learned the same version of Found a Peanut as you did, no worries.
[The song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_a_Peanut) was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title (but in the version I knew, the time-frame was “just now”, not “last night.”)