# Salting peanuts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-peanuts/79131>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-peanuts/79131 "2001-08-31T16:04:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-peanuts/79131/1 "2001-08-31T16:04:18Z")

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Does anyone know how to salt peanuts correctly?

They are not that easy to find here in Canada as they have tax on them when they are salted! The few salted ones that I’ve found are not nearly salty enough… so I figure my best move is to salt them myself…

Anyone ever done this?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-peanuts/79131/2 "2001-08-31T16:09:28Z")

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I don’t know, but want me to send you a bag?

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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-peanuts/79131/3 "2001-08-31T16:34:46Z")

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…you lie…

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-peanuts/79131/4 "2001-08-31T20:49:30Z")

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I’m pretty sure you have to cook them in salty water.

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**Author:** ![gtzaskar00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@gtzaskar00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gtzaskar00)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salting-peanuts/79131/5 "2001-08-31T23:56:03Z")

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Soak them in salty water for a spell, and then roast them to dry them out. The salt remains on the shell and inside on the peanut itself.