I will come to the defense of the poor boiled peanut since no one else will. They’re very common in the South. Usually find them being cooked and sold on the side of the road by someone selling watermelons and tomatoes out the back of their truck. To me they taste like black eye peas – if you’re familiar with those. They must be eaten warm, and should NEVER be purchased in a can. This person deserved the cicada/grasshopper.

Boiling peanuts? But... why?

It's a thing, but not many people like them. A grocery store manager I spoke with in Alabama told me he would sell probably a dozen cans a week, but didn't dare stop carrying them because the few people who bought them were the ones who complained about everything already.

in mexico boiled peanuts in the shell are delicious with chili powder lime juice and salt

You need boiled peanuts to get the cicadas.

It's a pretty common snack in the southern states here in the US. My personal recommendation: DON'T EVER EAT IT!

It is a Southern U.S. "delicacy." I'm a "Damn Yankee" so I find boiled peanuts utterly disgusting.

Boiled peanuts are awesome but I've never gotten them in a can. Normally on the side of the road in the south.

When we go to South Carolina, we buy boiled peanuts by the bag. They are seasonal as you have to use green peanuts. They are delicious. The canned one, not so much imo.

For making fried jelly and boiled peanut sandwiches, duh...

It's a southern thing.

As many have said a Southern US "delicacy". When I lived down south they would have crockpots full of "boiled" peanuts at convenience stores, and the smell would make me want to vomit.

I live in WA state and visited Arkansas last summer. First time seen boiled peanuts. They sell them everywhere there. Wasn't brave enough to try though.

It’s in some recipes

It's popular in Asia too! Really delicious. But it doesn't come in a can though!

it's a delicacy in the south. why, i do not know.

It's just water. Peanuts are actually a type of bean that grows underground. Kind of the platypus of the vegetable kingdom.