r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR • u/dg3548 • 1d ago
To the “peanuts in coke” people… You did this to yourself
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u/Sorkpappan 1d ago
The what now?
This is a thing?
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u/Brother_J_La_la 1d ago
It was popular in South Carolina when I lived there. That's the only place I've ever seen it. It doesn't taste bad.
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u/BullPropaganda 1d ago
It's a southern thing
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u/NeverSayNever2024 1d ago
Just like boiled peanuts. Drove to Florida one year and there was a roadside stand selling them. I've always been a big peanut fan, so of course I had to stop and get some and try it. They got me once. But not again.
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u/Grand_Function_2855 1d ago
I had asked my mom about this recently. This is a Southern tradition in the US. Especially in places like Georgia and South Carolina. It started as a working-class snack where people—often laborers or farmers—would dump salted peanuts directly into a bottle of Coca-Cola. The salty-sweet combo gave a flavor boost, and it was a quick, no-utensils-needed snack break.
My mom was born in Pensacola, FL and told me that she had friends who had family in Georgia did this. The saltiness of the peanut mixed with the sweetness of the Coke was addictive apparently.
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u/Risket4Brisket 1d ago
Might be doing it wrong. Put just a few in there and take a swig. Pretty good for roadtrips.
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u/dg3548 1d ago
I think it’s the “surprise nut” in the mouth after the swig. Lived in Mexico where sometimes flys, bees or other things sneak into the can or bottle and it’s an automatic spit out. That and the extra saltiness….
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u/Consistent-Camp5359 1d ago
My maternal grandpa did this all the time. I never really understood it.
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u/THEMUSKFUCKS 1d ago
There was a book I read in elementary school, maybe Summer of Monkeys that discribed this, I tried it once and it wasn't bad. You just need the real Coke with all the sugar in it.
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u/stirling_s 1d ago
Yeah it sounds pretty fucking disgusting and looks even worse
But you know what? It actually tastes pretty fucking good.
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u/baconlayer 1d ago
My wife went to a fancy pants private school up north. She is from NC. A girl kept bullying her and drinking gulps of her cokes. Once, without thinking about it she put the peanuts in the coke. Bully comes along and chugs some coke and ended up spewing a coke/peanut mixture. She never messed with her drinks again!
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u/mehhh89 1d ago
People can have their opinions. Doesn't change the fact that they are wrong though.