While Hugh seasons his peanuts with Old Bay seasoning and star anise, we found that simply salting the water yields a fabulous product. You can make this ahead; it keeps in the refrigerator up to five days.
Order them online. You can get raw peanuts from hundreds of places. I just tried a new store and got mine from http://www.anuts.com/ and the product was just excellent. (I ordered in-shell nuts and raw peanuts.)
I live in Southern California and have had the pleasure of eating boiled peanuts in Florida. I wanted to make them due to the fact that there are no boiled peanuts here for a good 2000 miles, but it requires "green peanuts." Where would I get boiled peanuts, green peanuts, or a recipe to make boiled peanuts that doesn't require green peanuts. HELP! This hummus sounds amazing!
Being a resident of Athens, GA for almost twenty years I can say that Hugh's influence on the culinary choices in this town are nothing short of profound. This simple but wonderful recipe was one that I prepared regularly for tailgaiting and football gatherings in the fall and did not have a copy of the recipe since my divorce and glad to see it was available online. It is always a hit and goes great with fresh baked pita chips as well as fresh sweet potato chips.