Ohoopee Mart

Category: 2 peas: Edible in emergency

User Rating

Rating: 2 peas on a 5-pea-pod scale.
Verdict: For so long, the utilitarian in me just adored jumbo boiled peanuts. After all, considering the economies of shell, you get more peanut meat for less work. And bigger is just plain better as us Texans says. But we left Texas when I was the ripe old age of three... These Vidalia Peanut Company boilers--available in convenience store hot pots and grocery stores’ freezers across Georgia and beyond--have forced me to reconsider. My impression was that these were a decent, consistent brand. And perhaps this is so. But these jumbo peanuts just don’t have the generous flavor of the smaller Valencia varieties--or even Spanish redskins! Splitters abound. And I’ve noticed that the bigger the peanut, the more inconsistent the flavor in a given batch. This is aside from the fact that you never know if the c-store clerks faithfully clean and replenish the pot every day. And the big five- and 10-pound freezer bags usually have lots of peanut debris in them, which is just odd... I can’t blame the good folks at VPC. I’m the one who has changed.
Season: Most days
Hours: Most of the day
Price: $3
Serving: A giant Styrofoam cup
Notes: They also sell the frozen Vidalia brand boilers here at the Ohoopee Mart.
Proprietor: A gas station and convenience store.
Last taste: 2007 04 21.
Nut type: Jumbo.
Soak time:?
Boil time: Pre-boiled, boiled in-store.
Taster: Thomas