TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Peanuts, Especially Flavored Peanuts

Indian chicken salad with roasted peanuts. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy MyRecipes.com.   Peanuts are a New World crop. They are believed to have been domesticated in Bolivia or Paraguay, where the wildest strains still grow. The oldest specimens in Peruvian archeological sites date back some 7,600 years. While American colonists enjoyed a hearty, rich…
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PRODUCT: Planters Tailgate Nut Mix, A Spicy, Cruncy Treat

A terrific-tasting nut mix with a sizzle of chipotle. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Chipotle almonds and peanuts, corn nuts and pretzels: We couldn’t resist nibbling through an entire large container of Planters Tailgate Nut Mix—tossing some of it on salads and polenta. Our mix of choice is one of a series…
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PRODUCT: NUT-rition Fruit & Nut Mix

In our early childhood, it was the custom of some households—mostly grandmothers’—to have a cut-crystal dish of nuts and raisins on the coffee table. Did they know it was a protein-filled antioxidant snack or was it just a custom of older times: a treat that could be eaten every day (as opposed to a box…
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