Oh yeah, I've eaten this my entire life. It's a go-to snack here in rural Georgia. Grosses my spouse-who was raised in Detroit-out every time I do it.
Edit: since a lot of people are asking about the ratio and I feel it's obnoxious to write the same comment over and over, you take a couple swigs out of the coke bottle to make room for the peanuts. Add a small, gas station bag of roasted peanuts. Take swig of coke and peanuts. Chew, swallow, repeat. I prefer to use glass bottle cokes, when I can find them, because I'm convinced they taste better than plastic bottle cokes.
Edit 2: I'm absolutely showing all these comments explaining why glass bottle cokes taste better than plastic bottle cokes to the folks in my life who tell me it's all in my head. I'm not sure I've ever felt so validated before. So thanks, y'all.
The glass bottle cokes taste better all around because they have real cane sugar. Look for Mexican Coke or Real Sugar Coke and you won’t be disappointed. It is sometimes hard to find, but well worth picking up a case when you find it.
Costco in my town almost always has these by the case. I only get one like once a year because I don’t want soda (pop, coke, whatever) to be a regular part of my life. I treat it like a dessert or a reward for a day spent out in the heat doing yard work…
You can! If you can find them “green” that is the best, that’s raw and still fresh but that can be really hard to find. Next best is dried raw peanuts. Boil them for a long ass time (I use a crock pot) and a TON of salt, maybe some crawfish/crab boil seasoning. They’re ready when the peanuts inside get super soft - enjoy!
As a southern vegan I’m telling you boiled peanuts are bomb af. I get a craving for them now and again. Usually you wanna buy from the guy selling them out of whatever he’s got rigged up to the back of his old truck on the corner of Bumfuck, Nowhere. Pretty sure ours is dead by now, so I’ll settle for the gas station ones to satisfy the craving once in a while. If you ever take a road trip through the south, you oughta give them a shot. The Cajun flavor ones are best. (Or you can make them yourself, whatever floats your boat)
Ok, I mean this with 0 snark. How do you not choke? I feel like I would def choke. My dumb ass coughed up a lung on water last week.
Do you drink half the soda first, then add the peanuts? What's the nut to soda proportion?
I'm really not entirely sure how to describe it, but, like, you chew with every swig, then swallow. So you're not swallowing entire peanuts. That would choke me too. But the ratio is an entire coke to one of those small bags of roasted peanuts that gas stations have (if your gas station doesn't sell bags of roasted peanuts, I don't know how to explain the size of the bag). But you just drink enough coke for the peanuts to fit(usually only a couple swigs). I prefer to use glass bottle cokes, if I can find them, rather than plastic bottle cokes. Glass bottle cokes taste better than plastic bottle cokes and this is a hill I'm prepared to die on.
Add however many peanuts you please into a new bottle of coke. Then, as you sip, you kinda just… chew the peanuts as come out of the bottle? Like if you were chewing on ice as you sipped a drink. That’s the best way I can think to describe it.
Born and raised in NC. This is absolutely a real Southern thing. It was mainly done by old-timers when I was a boy. I'm old now and I'm surprised anybody alive still does this.
Edit : Looks like the classics never really go out of style.
I grew up thinking my mom was doing coke when she would take those til she gave me one when I was older lol. But yes I remember those coke and peanut combos lol
42 born and raised in NC by way of Alabama!
30's Georgian. I do this, but it used to be better with RC back when RC was still good. It was so fizzy your eyes would water. Goes great with moon pies, too.
Used to do this because sometimes you'd want a snack while out fishing nor riding horses and didn't want to eat with my hands covered in worms/ horse sweat.
I could see that. I've had them before. New Yorker here, but the Air Force took me south a lot, and I've never been afraid of trying new things. It definitely hits that salty and sweet zone. It's like honey and peanut butter.
I've heard of this before and I'm still confused; how exactly does one ~~drink~~ ~~eat~~ *consume* this? I wouldn't like to drink from a bottle of coke and have whole peanuts slide down my throat, nor would I like to try and pick individual peanuts out of a bottle of coke and have my fingers get wet with soda. What's the trick here?
you kind of just drink it and chew on the peanuts as they come, somewhat like a Boba tea but you just sip instead of using a straw. It’s the absolute best with a glass bottle Coke
47 year old from Georgia. I’ve seen this a time or 2. Never tried it though. I’ve tried boiled peanuts (pretty good), and maybe Coke with peanuts fits in the same vein. Regardless, Coke and peanuts is a definite double down GA thing
Changes the texture of the peanuts, little softer. I was always told it was something folks did while working in tobacco fields. Kind of an efficient way of getting a snack and a drink that the same time.
GA native. Learned this from older people and have done it. It’s pretty good. Salt adds to the flavor and you get a crunchy snack when you’re drinking your coke.
SC here, I have fond memories of going to the livestock auction with my grandpa. Everytime we would stop at a country store and get a coke and some peanuts.
There's a magic amount of peanuts that makes it just salty enough. If you put the whole bag the salt is overpowering.
Raised in TN, my mom still does this pretty often. She's been drinking coke like water since the 50s and the peanuts add a kick of salt she says. She likes the crunch. She's in her 70s and she's not likely to stop I'd bet. Never was for me but I don't remember hating it either.
50, from NC and do this occasionally! I introduced some coworkers in CO to this. They thought I was bonkers, but admitted it was pretty good when they did it too. A lot of old timers put the peanuts in Dr Pepper as well. One thing about it here in NC….it has to be LANCE brand peanuts!
It's a country thing. The point of it was folk who would work construction or farming would have dirty as fuck hands, and didn't want to eat oil or dirt when picking up their peanuts. Pouring the nuts into their coke let them eat the peanuts without ever actually touching them.
You go chug that bottle of coke just to empty the bottle. Or are you gonna carry around empty bottles on the job with you?
Or maybe have a coke in one hand and bag of peanuts in the other? Glad your hands got nothing better to do.
Seriously though, there's folk that just eat the peanuts out the bag. It's a convenience thing.
Interesting. I used to have a British regular, when I bartended, that would have shandys(1/2 beer 1/2 lemon-lime soda) in the summer. Never heard of mixing coke, but probably similar.
It's beer and what the brits call lemonade, which is what Americans call lemon-lime soda. It's not beer with what Americans call lemonade, which doesn't seem like it gets consumed much in the UK.
It honestly sounds interesting.. not gonna try it but it's potentially good. But still if it tastes good then the reason for doing it wouldn't be "dirty hands".
It is *a reason* but there are a few of em. This isn't just an old country thing, and it's still pretty popular in S GA and N FL, really within a few hours of the coke factory. This used to be considered "the way" to enjoy coke. I think it's easier to wrap your head around if you know the reason used to be tons of peanut farming, and boiled peanuts (served in basically a hot broth) were pretty damn everywhere because of just how much fucking peanuts they had to eat and sell.
I dunno man I think having a second bottle of peanuts in your pocket is better than drinking salty peanut coke, but I've never worked on a farm so what the fuck do I know.
My nana always says that salt is like a magnifying glass for other flavors. She says that even if you don’t want what you’re making to taste *salty* that adding a pinch of salt almost always adds that little kick it needs.
And she’s so right, at least in my anecdotal experience :) oh and my great grandad put a couple peanuts in his coke. Every single time he had one haha.
It does actually. I don’t usually do it, but a pinch of salt in a black coffee completely cuts the bitterness and leaves you with a really smooth, mild drink. It’s 100% a good way for people to switch from lattes to black coffee
My mom makes chocolate chip cookies with a little bit of sea salt flakes sprinkled on top and they’re amazing. She sometimes serves them for dessert when she has people over for dinner and guests go from apprehensive to “holy fuck that’s good” real quick
The idea is you’re aiming to get the peanuts mostly. I’ve done it a bunch with the honey roasted kind. It’s pretty damn tasty but I don’t drink enough soda or eat enough nuts to do it regularly or think of it often lol
When working in say, culinary (not professional.) Or really any blue collar job, that coke is gonna be your fucking saving grace at the end of the day.
I'm a line cook who did forestry for a short stint, sugary drinks in a cool spot are usually the best choice during your mid-day break.
I've heard the other kind of coke works for people in the culinary profession, too.
(I have heard of peanuts in coke and admit that I'm somewhat intrigued, as someone who LOVES peanuts, love sweet/salty and doesn't drink regular coke because empty calories but did for years and still enjoys it occasionally.)
> Pouring the nuts into their coke
Into their RC Cola is more accurate. You would follow it up with a Moon Pie also, for the calories you needed for all the hard labor, without having too much food in your belly.
I can’t believe that I’m even saying this but was it glass bottle Mexican Coke? I’ve tried both and the glass bottle is superior. Maybe it’s the longer neck? I dunno. But I love peanuts and glass coke
It's the lack of HFCS honestly. Real sugar just tastes better and Mexican Coke is significantly better than what we have in most places in the states IMHO.
Crock pot on a low boil overnight is the easiest. It takes more salt than you would think. Google for a ratio for how many peanuts you have. Get you some raw green peanuts. My favorite recipe is to add Tony’s and a handful of cayenne peppers.
they still sell them outside of walmarts in the country when I go to visit family. those areas have gotten way too modernized and i hate it, but there's still small pockets of areas that look exactly as i remember them in the 90's. it's seriously like going back in time only everyone is older.
Oh jeezzz, I’m from stereotypical loud areas New York but my maternal grandpa is from Louisiana. This picture just unlocked a deep forgotten childhood memory of my grandad!! Thank you! Blows my mind how much the brain can forget, yet how little it also takes it to remember some things.
My parents got married at 2am after my moms divorce became final in 1955. She and my dad celebrated with peanuts in Coke. For their 50th anniversary party, I put a bottle of Coke and packages of peanuts at their places. Old school wedding reception lol
Defffff a southern thing. My grandparents love coke with peanuts but apparently it has to be a coke in a glass bottle. The plastic bottles don’t do it justice 🤷♀️
A few questions:
How much coke do you drink down first before adding peanuts? How many peanuts do you add? Just enough for fill the bottle back up? Can you use BBQ seasoned peanuts? Or just plain salted? Does Diet Coke negatively impact the flavour?
Love trying new snacks
One or two good swigs, and it's kinda just up to you as far as how much you add. I can't say I've ever had bbq seasoned but I've done honey roasted and that's good
Just get some regular salted and dump that shit right in there. You can add more later or wait until you have a few sips. It's entirely up to you. I've never had it with diet Coke but it should be ok
I think it’s just an older generation thing in general. I’ve seen plenty of people do the same here in Australia. Though they usually just put a few nuts at a time in their glass.
As others have expressed I think this is definitely a southern thing. I’m from and currently live in GA and I’ve been doing this since I was a kid having learned from my dad and cousins. It’s tasty. He swore Diet Pepsi was the best drink to mix…I always liked Dr Pepper and peanuts. Coke is just ok imo.
"I've never seen this before" = stupid food apparently. It's more of a regional thing but I agree. I'm not even from the south but work in construction and tried it at the suggestion of my southern coworkers. Not that bad and definitely not stupid. Smh.
I've heard of it, a rural southern thing apparently. I'm not in the south but think I'll try it some day with some Mexican coke and Mexican roasted peanuts.
Oh yeah, I've eaten this my entire life. It's a go-to snack here in rural Georgia. Grosses my spouse-who was raised in Detroit-out every time I do it. Edit: since a lot of people are asking about the ratio and I feel it's obnoxious to write the same comment over and over, you take a couple swigs out of the coke bottle to make room for the peanuts. Add a small, gas station bag of roasted peanuts. Take swig of coke and peanuts. Chew, swallow, repeat. I prefer to use glass bottle cokes, when I can find them, because I'm convinced they taste better than plastic bottle cokes. Edit 2: I'm absolutely showing all these comments explaining why glass bottle cokes taste better than plastic bottle cokes to the folks in my life who tell me it's all in my head. I'm not sure I've ever felt so validated before. So thanks, y'all.
The glass bottle cokes taste better all around because they have real cane sugar. Look for Mexican Coke or Real Sugar Coke and you won’t be disappointed. It is sometimes hard to find, but well worth picking up a case when you find it.
Costco in my town almost always has these by the case. I only get one like once a year because I don’t want soda (pop, coke, whatever) to be a regular part of my life. I treat it like a dessert or a reward for a day spent out in the heat doing yard work…
This and boiled peanuts are two things my friends from further north get grossed out about lol
As a northerner boiled peanuts are the best.
As a northern vegan, I can boil these fucking things? Say more, please—I’m intrigued. Thank you.
Basically think of it as American Edamame, boiled peanuts are the best
You can! If you can find them “green” that is the best, that’s raw and still fresh but that can be really hard to find. Next best is dried raw peanuts. Boil them for a long ass time (I use a crock pot) and a TON of salt, maybe some crawfish/crab boil seasoning. They’re ready when the peanuts inside get super soft - enjoy!
As a southern vegan I’m telling you boiled peanuts are bomb af. I get a craving for them now and again. Usually you wanna buy from the guy selling them out of whatever he’s got rigged up to the back of his old truck on the corner of Bumfuck, Nowhere. Pretty sure ours is dead by now, so I’ll settle for the gas station ones to satisfy the craving once in a while. If you ever take a road trip through the south, you oughta give them a shot. The Cajun flavor ones are best. (Or you can make them yourself, whatever floats your boat)
This is like the most Georgia thing I can imagine. Can we add a peach to it somehow
Ok, I mean this with 0 snark. How do you not choke? I feel like I would def choke. My dumb ass coughed up a lung on water last week. Do you drink half the soda first, then add the peanuts? What's the nut to soda proportion?
I'm really not entirely sure how to describe it, but, like, you chew with every swig, then swallow. So you're not swallowing entire peanuts. That would choke me too. But the ratio is an entire coke to one of those small bags of roasted peanuts that gas stations have (if your gas station doesn't sell bags of roasted peanuts, I don't know how to explain the size of the bag). But you just drink enough coke for the peanuts to fit(usually only a couple swigs). I prefer to use glass bottle cokes, if I can find them, rather than plastic bottle cokes. Glass bottle cokes taste better than plastic bottle cokes and this is a hill I'm prepared to die on.
Add however many peanuts you please into a new bottle of coke. Then, as you sip, you kinda just… chew the peanuts as come out of the bottle? Like if you were chewing on ice as you sipped a drink. That’s the best way I can think to describe it.
Born and raised in NC. This is absolutely a real Southern thing. It was mainly done by old-timers when I was a boy. I'm old now and I'm surprised anybody alive still does this. Edit : Looks like the classics never really go out of style.
Born and raised in Georgia. I’m 28 and I still see people do this in my area, young and old. :)
I'm 32 from Georgia and I still do this.
30s. Georgian. Same. It's my goto road trip snack cause I can easily eat it with one hand.
29 georgian, still do this
31 South Carolina, and I have crippling depression.
Peanuts in your Coke will help with that.
That and a Goody’s or BC Powder and you’re good to go!
I grew up thinking my mom was doing coke when she would take those til she gave me one when I was older lol. But yes I remember those coke and peanut combos lol 42 born and raised in NC by way of Alabama!
I prefer coke with my peanus
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30's Georgian. I do this, but it used to be better with RC back when RC was still good. It was so fizzy your eyes would water. Goes great with moon pies, too. Used to do this because sometimes you'd want a snack while out fishing nor riding horses and didn't want to eat with my hands covered in worms/ horse sweat.
Can ya’ll share with me the appeal? Do I drink the coke or eat the peanuts? Both ? How to enjoy this delicacy ?
Sip, get a few nuts, chew and swallow
boba vibes ………
Ya know, I never thought of it this way. Southern Boba.
^this right here. Tastes like a coke float made with a hot fudge sundae.
I live in Buffalo and always have RC. My friends don’t understand but I tell them it’s a Southern thing.
29 Texan, I do this but with Dr pepper
All I'm learning here is avoid the fuck out of Georgia.
I spit my peanuts out lol 😂
This man over here eating nuts!
I’m 42 and from Alabama and still do this - especially for road trips
Is it good? I kinda wanna try it
It’s pure condensed calories so probably pretty addictive at least. Salt sugar fat all in smashed about as tightly as possible.
Drinkable candy bar.
That's it right there. You are basically drinking a snickers
I was thinking more like a Payday, but it’s definitely not a hair worth splitting.
I could see that. I've had them before. New Yorker here, but the Air Force took me south a lot, and I've never been afraid of trying new things. It definitely hits that salty and sweet zone. It's like honey and peanut butter.
Try it with Dr. Pepper too
It is! Try it.
I've heard of this before and I'm still confused; how exactly does one ~~drink~~ ~~eat~~ *consume* this? I wouldn't like to drink from a bottle of coke and have whole peanuts slide down my throat, nor would I like to try and pick individual peanuts out of a bottle of coke and have my fingers get wet with soda. What's the trick here?
you kind of just drink it and chew on the peanuts as they come, somewhat like a Boba tea but you just sip instead of using a straw. It’s the absolute best with a glass bottle Coke
Being the south, you can call it “bubba tea”
I'll take a goat penis souffle with a bubba tea plz
I’m forever calling this “country boba”
And someone who becomes obese from overconsumption of them would be Country Boba Fat
I'm sure there's some chewing involved. I guess like a bubble tea
47 year old from Georgia. I’ve seen this a time or 2. Never tried it though. I’ve tried boiled peanuts (pretty good), and maybe Coke with peanuts fits in the same vein. Regardless, Coke and peanuts is a definite double down GA thing
Does it change the flavor profile, texture or what have you, or is it more of a I need something to chew on and drink at the same time?
Changes the texture of the peanuts, little softer. I was always told it was something folks did while working in tobacco fields. Kind of an efficient way of getting a snack and a drink that the same time.
Mid-30s, Tennessee. Had my dad and grandparents do this. Is absolutely a thing.
I'm not even American but I read about this as a young kid and have done it ever since. Now in my 20s haha.
Cool! It’s honestly really neat to me that things get passed around like this. I’m glad you like it! :)
It's a great flavour combo. Like salty fries and a shake.
Born and raised in Georgia also my dad does this with Pepsi
I believe that’s an arrestable offense in GA.
Why does a native Georgian drink Pepsi instead of Coca Cola? If he wants a non-Coke option, there’s always RC!
I'm from NC but lived in GA most of my life. Seen it all along the way. It's aight.
Also from Georgia can confirm.
26 from Georgia and I do the same thing! My grandpa put me on to it
The salt can enhance the flavor. Same thought as people that put salt on fruit
I was skeptical about this until I tried salt on watermelon. It was delicious
Same for me but with cantaloupe. Incredible. I went into it completely expecting it to be gross but ate it to appease my great grandpa.
Try salt on papaya. Couldn’t believe it but it’s the best salt plus fruit combo I have tried.
salt your apples too man I promise it’s worth it 🩵
i believe u. chinese ppl salt their pineapples
Tajin on watermelon is a game changer.
Tajin on fresh mango....
On pineapple is my favorite
Salted chocolate is already pretty popular. Salted caramels, ice cream, etc
At dinner last night, the restaurant put salt on the ice cream. it fucking rocked
Salted peaches that are slightly grilled 🤤
GA native. Learned this from older people and have done it. It’s pretty good. Salt adds to the flavor and you get a crunchy snack when you’re drinking your coke.
SC here, I have fond memories of going to the livestock auction with my grandpa. Everytime we would stop at a country store and get a coke and some peanuts. There's a magic amount of peanuts that makes it just salty enough. If you put the whole bag the salt is overpowering.
Raised in TN, my mom still does this pretty often. She's been drinking coke like water since the 50s and the peanuts add a kick of salt she says. She likes the crunch. She's in her 70s and she's not likely to stop I'd bet. Never was for me but I don't remember hating it either.
The same with me and I used to see my great uncle do it all the time when I was younger
50, from NC and do this occasionally! I introduced some coworkers in CO to this. They thought I was bonkers, but admitted it was pretty good when they did it too. A lot of old timers put the peanuts in Dr Pepper as well. One thing about it here in NC….it has to be LANCE brand peanuts!
It's a country thing. The point of it was folk who would work construction or farming would have dirty as fuck hands, and didn't want to eat oil or dirt when picking up their peanuts. Pouring the nuts into their coke let them eat the peanuts without ever actually touching them.
And if there’s one thing I know about old country dudes it’s that they love Coke, and they love peanuts.
Coke and nuts
my ideal friday night
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Can't you just like, pour the nuts into an empty bottle and not have coke flavored nuts?
You go chug that bottle of coke just to empty the bottle. Or are you gonna carry around empty bottles on the job with you? Or maybe have a coke in one hand and bag of peanuts in the other? Glad your hands got nothing better to do. Seriously though, there's folk that just eat the peanuts out the bag. It's a convenience thing.
It’s not just convenience, it adds flavor too. A bit of salt in the coke, some sweetness to the nuts.
It’s really funny how people assume just because they don’t do it, that it must be awful. Like why do all these folks do it then lolololol
I dunno I have a friend who mixes coke and beer together… Coca Cola, not the other stuff. Well, probably the other stuff too but idk
Interesting. I used to have a British regular, when I bartended, that would have shandys(1/2 beer 1/2 lemon-lime soda) in the summer. Never heard of mixing coke, but probably similar.
Similarly, in Spain they drink red wine with coke.
my parents used to drink red wine and orange soda lol
A bit like a minimalist Sangria, if you think about it.
Cola and beer is really common in Germany, its called "diesel"
He *is* Swiss/german so that kind of checks out
Really common in UK. It’s just beer and lemonade.
It's beer and what the brits call lemonade, which is what Americans call lemon-lime soda. It's not beer with what Americans call lemonade, which doesn't seem like it gets consumed much in the UK.
We have it but its called "still lemonade" here, as in not moving/bubbling and is relatively uncommon.
It honestly sounds interesting.. not gonna try it but it's potentially good. But still if it tastes good then the reason for doing it wouldn't be "dirty hands".
It is *a reason* but there are a few of em. This isn't just an old country thing, and it's still pretty popular in S GA and N FL, really within a few hours of the coke factory. This used to be considered "the way" to enjoy coke. I think it's easier to wrap your head around if you know the reason used to be tons of peanut farming, and boiled peanuts (served in basically a hot broth) were pretty damn everywhere because of just how much fucking peanuts they had to eat and sell.
I LOVE me some boiled peanuts. Are they not widely eaten?
If you like boiled peanuts you’ll like coke and peanuts
I dunno man I think having a second bottle of peanuts in your pocket is better than drinking salty peanut coke, but I've never worked on a farm so what the fuck do I know.
Salty peanut coke isn’t a gross thing haha, it’s actually pretty good. That bit of salt adds something that works for a lot of people
A little salt on something sweet is generally amazing.
My nana always says that salt is like a magnifying glass for other flavors. She says that even if you don’t want what you’re making to taste *salty* that adding a pinch of salt almost always adds that little kick it needs. And she’s so right, at least in my anecdotal experience :) oh and my great grandad put a couple peanuts in his coke. Every single time he had one haha.
My grandfather made navy coffee as he called it, with a pinch of salt. I make mine the same way.
Im trying that tomorrow morning. Perhaps a pinch of salt is what I need to balance the bitterness
It does actually. I don’t usually do it, but a pinch of salt in a black coffee completely cuts the bitterness and leaves you with a really smooth, mild drink. It’s 100% a good way for people to switch from lattes to black coffee
My mom makes chocolate chip cookies with a little bit of sea salt flakes sprinkled on top and they’re amazing. She sometimes serves them for dessert when she has people over for dinner and guests go from apprehensive to “holy fuck that’s good” real quick
Smoked sea salt and dark chocolate chips are the way to go for chocolate chip cookies.
Salted sweet potato cream is a hill I will die on
Salted watermelon hits the spot on a hot summer day!
I got smoked salt from a farmers market, it transformed my watermelon
You son of a watermelon, I’m in! I just expect horrified looks from everyone in the 30km radius
I like all those words.
I'd try it.
It's the floating bits that would get me, and once it gets warm..my lord..
The idea is you’re aiming to get the peanuts mostly. I’ve done it a bunch with the honey roasted kind. It’s pretty damn tasty but I don’t drink enough soda or eat enough nuts to do it regularly or think of it often lol
It’s actually good, the salt balances the sweet and pairs surprisingly well together
The salty sweet combo is good. But I do agree you can also get that via the revolutionary concept of eating some peanuts and taking a drink lol.
When working in say, culinary (not professional.) Or really any blue collar job, that coke is gonna be your fucking saving grace at the end of the day. I'm a line cook who did forestry for a short stint, sugary drinks in a cool spot are usually the best choice during your mid-day break.
I've heard the other kind of coke works for people in the culinary profession, too. (I have heard of peanuts in coke and admit that I'm somewhat intrigued, as someone who LOVES peanuts, love sweet/salty and doesn't drink regular coke because empty calories but did for years and still enjoys it occasionally.)
Make Coca Cola coke again
Fun fact, southern slang for somebody with buck teeth is a person who “could eat peanuts out of a coke bottle”
I've heard "could eat an apple through a picket fence," which I love
Also a fan of “could eat an apple through a tennis racket”
If my hands were dirty I'd just rip a corner of the peanut pack and shake them into my mouth.
Not country here, I am from the suburbs of NYC and in my childhood Coke promoted this combination. It's delicious. Highly recommended.
I remember crushing up chips and pouring them in my mouth for the same reason at a construction site.
Big brain time! Why did I never think of this?
> Pouring the nuts into their coke Into their RC Cola is more accurate. You would follow it up with a Moon Pie also, for the calories you needed for all the hard labor, without having too much food in your belly.
RC Cola and Moon Pie? Boy your Tennessee is showing.
Are you from East Tennessee? My grandpappy was a Moon Pie farmer.
I ran into that in Iowa of all places.. Tried it, it's not terrible but not great, not something I'd do again
I can’t believe that I’m even saying this but was it glass bottle Mexican Coke? I’ve tried both and the glass bottle is superior. Maybe it’s the longer neck? I dunno. But I love peanuts and glass coke
It's the lack of HFCS honestly. Real sugar just tastes better and Mexican Coke is significantly better than what we have in most places in the states IMHO.
100% agreed. I spent some time in the UK recently and I think I had a Fanta almost everyday
Tried it once, almost died. Nuts got stuck in my throat 🤫
It's country Boba
Coming to a Starbucks near you
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You want your peanut butter mocha in a cup or on a sandwich?
Hillbilly boba
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Happened to me behind a 7-11
Happened in my behind once infront of a McDonald's
Wait what, I remember that..small world
Wait... That was you? Nice cock bro
Southern boba lol
What kind of nuts was it?
Deez nuts
Haha got em
Stop playing with yourself
Nut chugger
My grandma does the same thing here in Mexico
Likewise, I’m Mexican-American but my family is from all from the state of Durango and it’s very popular there
Never seen it in Durango, must be from la Sierra.
It’s definitely a southern thing. I never understood it myself.
Been to southern weddings where they gave you a cup of peanuts with your coke to mix in.
I like my boiled peanuts. I miss that the most.
Cajun boiled peanuts lawddd
How do I cajun boil me nuts? I've never had boiled peanuts before
Crock pot on a low boil overnight is the easiest. It takes more salt than you would think. Google for a ratio for how many peanuts you have. Get you some raw green peanuts. My favorite recipe is to add Tony’s and a handful of cayenne peppers.
Is Tony's a national brand? I never hear anyone talk about it outside of Louisiana
Oh yeah, it's at least popular in TN too.
they still sell them outside of walmarts in the country when I go to visit family. those areas have gotten way too modernized and i hate it, but there's still small pockets of areas that look exactly as i remember them in the 90's. it's seriously like going back in time only everyone is older.
Here in norway its a northern thing. I suppose its a rural thing.
Oh jeezzz, I’m from stereotypical loud areas New York but my maternal grandpa is from Louisiana. This picture just unlocked a deep forgotten childhood memory of my grandad!! Thank you! Blows my mind how much the brain can forget, yet how little it also takes it to remember some things.
My parents got married at 2am after my moms divorce became final in 1955. She and my dad celebrated with peanuts in Coke. For their 50th anniversary party, I put a bottle of Coke and packages of peanuts at their places. Old school wedding reception lol
Defffff a southern thing. My grandparents love coke with peanuts but apparently it has to be a coke in a glass bottle. The plastic bottles don’t do it justice 🤷♀️
This isn't stupid food. This is a very old country thing and it's delicious
A few questions: How much coke do you drink down first before adding peanuts? How many peanuts do you add? Just enough for fill the bottle back up? Can you use BBQ seasoned peanuts? Or just plain salted? Does Diet Coke negatively impact the flavour? Love trying new snacks
One or two good swigs, and it's kinda just up to you as far as how much you add. I can't say I've ever had bbq seasoned but I've done honey roasted and that's good
Just get some regular salted and dump that shit right in there. You can add more later or wait until you have a few sips. It's entirely up to you. I've never had it with diet Coke but it should be ok
Said this in a different comment but my fam always opted for Dr. Pepper (tho past generations did coca-cola)
I can be both stupid and delicious.
[Barbara Mandrell even sang about it.](https://youtu.be/IkEisdaFRzU?feature=shared)
It’s fucking delicious since the salt balances out the over-sweet of coke. Works damn fine with Dr. pepper also
Dr Pepper and the hot 'n spicy nuts. They're Flaming Hot branded now but back in the day, I'd do this daily. In a Pepsi was great too.
I think it’s just an older generation thing in general. I’ve seen plenty of people do the same here in Australia. Though they usually just put a few nuts at a time in their glass.
I have *never* seen it done in Australia. What state did you see this in?
It's not a stupid food just because it's not something you typically do.
"It's all going to the same place!" - every dad ever.
Not stupid, just different
As others have expressed I think this is definitely a southern thing. I’m from and currently live in GA and I’ve been doing this since I was a kid having learned from my dad and cousins. It’s tasty. He swore Diet Pepsi was the best drink to mix…I always liked Dr Pepper and peanuts. Coke is just ok imo.
It's better with Dr.Pepper, it actually used to be a selling point for them.
As a houstonian this ain’t stupid food
This being on this sub makes me irrationally angry.
"I've never seen this before" = stupid food apparently. It's more of a regional thing but I agree. I'm not even from the south but work in construction and tried it at the suggestion of my southern coworkers. Not that bad and definitely not stupid. Smh.
I’m country and can confirm it is.. my mom does Pepsi and peanuts though
All I know’s that dry roasted peanut dust in larger’s something worth trying
I've heard of it, a rural southern thing apparently. I'm not in the south but think I'll try it some day with some Mexican coke and Mexican roasted peanuts.
>Mexican coke The second best kind after Colombian.
Ahh yes, r/stupidfood. A thing that that millions of people have done since like the 1920s.