Boiled Peanuts
Boiled peanuts are a favorite local snack. Raw, green peanuts are
boiled in salty water and served hot. The mushy and briny taste may
not appeal to everyone upon first taste, but boiled peanuts are
enjoyed by many and it is easy to acquire the taste. Just don't eat
the hull. Leftover boiled peanuts should be kept in the
refrigerator, as they do not keep well at room temperature.
Hardy Farms just southeast of Hawkinsville sells some of the best
boiled peanuts. Hardy Farms boiled peanuts are of good quality and
not too salty. Every August when their new peanut crop is available,
Hardy Farms open peanut stands around Central Georgia to sell their
newly harvested peanuts. You can buy their peanuts already boiled
and ready to eat or buy fresh green peanuts to cook later at home.
Hardy Farms uses only freshly harvested green peanuts to prepare boiled peanuts at their peanut stands. The harvest is from August through October. When the peanut harvest is over, their peanut stands disappear until the next years harvest.
STANDS CLOSED FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH JULY
The Hardy Farms web site gives the location of their peanut
stands. The Macon, Perry and Cordele locations are especially
convenient for I-75 travelers:
MACON: I-475, Exit 5 West - drive approx. 3/4 miles
west and turn left at the red light to the Flash Foods parking lot.
The stand is in front of Subway.
PERRY: I-75, Exit 136 East - in the Shell Station
parking lot in front of Wal-Mart at 1424 Sam Nunn Blvd.
CORDELE: I-75, Exit 101 West - in front of the Wal-Mart
at 1305 East 16th Avenue (US 280), but away from the store and nearer to
the street
The Dublin location is very convenient for I-16 travelers:
DUBLIN: I-16, Exit 49 - in the Chevron Station
parking lot on Highway 257, which is on the north side of I-16.
Also, there is a Hardy Farms stand in the parking lot beside Georgia
Bob's Barbecue in Warner Robins.