In all the years we've been coming here, I've never checked this out.
It was totally fascinating. The original owners homesteaded 160 acres in 1952, starting the peanut farm.
They gave a history explaining the 3 typed of peanuts, showing fresh and roasted: Virginia, used for eating, shelled and unshelled, runners, ground for processing, peanut butter and nut butter, and Spanish peanuts use for candy and peanut brittle.
They even have the original combine they made to harvest the crop, lifting the plants out of the ground just like potatoes. They shake the dirt off, not washing the peanuts.
This roaster does 7 lbs of peanuts in 20 minutes while their huge one does 150 lbs. in 30 minutes.
We tasted Virginia and Spanish peanuts, peanut brittle, fresh made peanuts butter, fudge and all were delicious.
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