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Comment by Den_VR

4 days ago

I suspect that peanut boiling in a pot would also be problematic. The oil and water vapor and would provide a carrier.

I also suspect there's not much reason to boil peanuts in water outside of the very specific (and delicious) snack called boiled peanuts. I can't really think of any other dish that uses them as a normal ingredient. Most of the time you'd toast them in oil for dishes or use peanut oil afaik.

  • Boiled peanuts are staples at baseball games in the south. They are so good.

    • I love boiled peanuts and I'm always tempted on roadtrips to grab some when I go through areas where they appear as gas station snacks. Usually that's when I'm down into South Carolina or farther south.

  • There are quite a few dishes that use peanuts as an ingredient. Satay sauce for example.

I ended up in the hospital after walking by my roommate who was washing off a knife with peanut butter on it in hot water in the sink. I just inhaled a single breath of steam and in minutes I couldn't breathe!

  • My first thought here would be to blame "solid" particles of peanut butter flung into the air by blasting them with a water stream, unrelated to temperature

    That does sound like something that would be a real issue, but only in close proximity