Tag Archives: South Georgia Peanuts
Hot Boiled Peanuts, Claxton
Hot boiled peanuts really are a sort of Southern caviar. If you don’t understand, you probably never will. But as any Southerner will tell you, we love ’em down here! Georgia leads the nation in peanut production, so there are plenty to go around. Roadside vendors like this one are a link to the past and no small town in South Georgia is worth its salt if it doesn’t have at least one. Amanda Jones Little says this seller “has the best in town” and nice produce, as well.
Filed under --EVANS COUNTY GA--, Claxton GA
Wynn Peanut & Shelling, Sycamore
This nice old warehouse and the garage seen in the next post were among the first places I photographed for Vanishing South Georgia six years ago. They haven’t changed much since then.
Filed under --TURNER COUNTY GA--, Sycamore GA
Carter’s Warehouse Storefont, Plains
Plains Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --SUMTER COUNTY GA--, Plains GA
Boiled Peanut Vendor, Valdosta
I wish I’d been able to get a better photograph of this man, who could often be found selling boiled peanuts, grapes and watermelons in a parking lot near the courthouse in downtown Valdosta. He was always smiling and waved when you passed by his truck.
Filed under --LOWNDES COUNTY GA--, Valdosta GA
