🥜🥜It’s Peanut Month🥜🥜

Ok, what nuts aren’t nuts - they are legumes - more moreish, are the most popular sandwich filling in the USA, and are very popular over here? They also have a very common allergy.
Yes, it's peanuts!

This month is peanut month.
They have a lot going for them and are part of culture and cuisine all over the world. 
Peanuts come in all shapes, sizes and styles, but nothing, in my opinion, beats salted peanuts.

Birds and Squirrels love these

The peanut contains over 30 nutrients and vitamins essential to good health and is the richest source of antioxidants. They may also improve heart health, lower diabetes risk, and promote a healthy weight.

These legumes were first found and cultivated in Peru 8000 years ago. They were used in art and offered for sale when the conquistadors arrived in Tenochtitlan. They were then spread all over the world by traders from Europe and are now cultivated in almost every area where the climate permits.

They are used in cooking everywhere, in snacks, appetizers, main courses and desserts. 
In South America, they drop a handful of peanuts into a bottle of coke to flavour it. Could be interesting !!

This month is the right time to enjoy this lovely treat, either by eating peanut butter or finding some new peanut recipes. They are great to cook with, but in this house, they have to be hidden!

So today, post anything peanut-related and any recipes you use them in, and let's enjoy these moorish little legumes!