jchamberlin
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My apologies to Richard Palmer for hi-jacking his thread, but what I have to post seemed to fit the title he gave his thread.
For what its worth: I finally tried "salted peanuts in a dope" as Larry Carter calls it. Harry Bursell wouldn't let up on his insistence that I try this treat, and with much trepidation, I gave it a go.
Harry maintains that Coke is the better cola to mix your peanuts in, but Wayne Shytle maintains that Pepsi is the way to go, especially in North Carolina. (Pepsi originated in soda shop in New Bern, North Carolina about an hour's drive from where I live.)
I first learned about this way of eating peanuts (or drinking cola) when it was demonstrated for me in Robersonville, NC using Lance's salted nuts (Wayne's favorite) and a glass bottle of Coca-Cola, and I was specifically told I should use the Coke product.
I thought I would try both Coke and Pepsi.
I started with a glass 8 oz. bottle of Coca-Cola and a pack of Lance's salted peanuts (Harry prefers Planters' Peanuts, but Lance is more common in my area [Planters peanuts come from Virginia]).
I took a couple of swigs of Coke to make room for the peanuts and dumped them in.
It didn't taste too bad, kind of like a peanut float, the foam was a bit salty, but I couldn't taste the salt on the nuts themselves. The Coke bottle delivered just the right amount of nuts for each swallow.
The next day I tried the Pepsi. I couldn't find any glass bottles of Pepsi, only the 16 oz. plastic variety.
I poured half the Pepsi out of the plastic bottle out into yesterday's glass Coke bottle (which I'm drinking now), and took a couple of swigs out of the remainder before dumping in the peanuts --to mix the Pepsi with the peanuts in the same ratio as yesterday's Coke solution.
The Pepsi bottle did not deliver the peanuts at all well. At first I was drinking almost all Pepsi, and then I was eating almost all peanuts. In fact, I had to really tap the bottle to get the last of the nuts out.
The verdict?
As much as wanted the Coca-Cola to win the contest, I'll have to say that the Pepsi tasted better to me today than the Coke did yesterday. Sorry Harry, maybe the Coke really needs the Planters' nuts to bring out all the flavor.
However, the Coke bottle out-performed the Pepsi bottle by a long shot. Of course, I wound up with another entire bottle of cola to drink, but for a quick snack-and-go, the "peanuts in the dope" does the trick.
If you didn't catch the original discussion, see IH Cub Cadet Forum The Sandbox IH collectables Archive through September 23, 2012 at "Here." I didn't want to junk that thread up anymore with non-collectible information, so I posted here, and of course, it doesn't belong on the main forum.
So there, Larry, Harry, and Wayne, I finally tried "peanuts in my dope." I think I prefer the mix to drinking the cola straight, the mix helps eliminate the "fizzy burps."
Perhaps Richard will give it a try, since it sounds like he had to give up his beloved beer.
For what its worth: I finally tried "salted peanuts in a dope" as Larry Carter calls it. Harry Bursell wouldn't let up on his insistence that I try this treat, and with much trepidation, I gave it a go.
Harry maintains that Coke is the better cola to mix your peanuts in, but Wayne Shytle maintains that Pepsi is the way to go, especially in North Carolina. (Pepsi originated in soda shop in New Bern, North Carolina about an hour's drive from where I live.)
I first learned about this way of eating peanuts (or drinking cola) when it was demonstrated for me in Robersonville, NC using Lance's salted nuts (Wayne's favorite) and a glass bottle of Coca-Cola, and I was specifically told I should use the Coke product.
I thought I would try both Coke and Pepsi.
I started with a glass 8 oz. bottle of Coca-Cola and a pack of Lance's salted peanuts (Harry prefers Planters' Peanuts, but Lance is more common in my area [Planters peanuts come from Virginia]).
I took a couple of swigs of Coke to make room for the peanuts and dumped them in.
It didn't taste too bad, kind of like a peanut float, the foam was a bit salty, but I couldn't taste the salt on the nuts themselves. The Coke bottle delivered just the right amount of nuts for each swallow.
The next day I tried the Pepsi. I couldn't find any glass bottles of Pepsi, only the 16 oz. plastic variety.
I poured half the Pepsi out of the plastic bottle out into yesterday's glass Coke bottle (which I'm drinking now), and took a couple of swigs out of the remainder before dumping in the peanuts --to mix the Pepsi with the peanuts in the same ratio as yesterday's Coke solution.
The Pepsi bottle did not deliver the peanuts at all well. At first I was drinking almost all Pepsi, and then I was eating almost all peanuts. In fact, I had to really tap the bottle to get the last of the nuts out.
The verdict?
As much as wanted the Coca-Cola to win the contest, I'll have to say that the Pepsi tasted better to me today than the Coke did yesterday. Sorry Harry, maybe the Coke really needs the Planters' nuts to bring out all the flavor.
However, the Coke bottle out-performed the Pepsi bottle by a long shot. Of course, I wound up with another entire bottle of cola to drink, but for a quick snack-and-go, the "peanuts in the dope" does the trick.
If you didn't catch the original discussion, see IH Cub Cadet Forum The Sandbox IH collectables Archive through September 23, 2012 at "Here." I didn't want to junk that thread up anymore with non-collectible information, so I posted here, and of course, it doesn't belong on the main forum.
So there, Larry, Harry, and Wayne, I finally tried "peanuts in my dope." I think I prefer the mix to drinking the cola straight, the mix helps eliminate the "fizzy burps."
Perhaps Richard will give it a try, since it sounds like he had to give up his beloved beer.
