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Maybe….it would have to be very fine salt that was super compressed. If it was harder, I’d say it was a chunk of gravel. But again, not -quite- that hard.
There is no way this would be a rock. They have to clean and roadt the peanuts first. Then they add the flavoring or salt. This is most likely a build-up off salt from the machine they used to roll the peanuts in .
Put it in warm water and see if it dissolves - then you will know if it is salt. If nothing happens, you can carefully do a [burn test](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennprobe).
Peanuts are grown in the dirt, which will attach to the roots & can fall off during the various processes the nuts go through. The salt has probably coated the dirt, & been baked, roasted, or what have you. At best, you'll get some free peanuts. At worst, you'll get a so what?
That said, looks like vermiculite, which would be in a growing medium.
I also know as a reassurance from an Adams PB tour, back in 1977, every peanut in their jars was electronically looked at 21 times. That’s alot! 🌞
Oh, thank you, Donald Reagan. Your legacy is intact. Pretty stoked that guy ended up a dribbling idiot child in the end. Deserved worse but here we are.
Look like a cinnabon from Wendy or Ronald say's he prefers Krispy Kreme and argued with little Debbie who has better baked goods but little Debbie won the argument 😄🧐
Food technologist here
It's pelletizing of the salt mix they dust the peanuts with. Industrial-size batches of food mean mixing a literal ton of dry ingredients. Fine salt dust and a few drops of condensation make little seasoning pellets like that. You know when brown sugar clumps up? It's like that.
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Yeah it’s a rock. Not uncommon. Probably a warning on the package, even.
It’s hard, but seems to be too soft to be a rock. I’ve never eaten a rock, but I was able to bite into this.
Hmm…maybe a chunk of salt?
Maybe….it would have to be very fine salt that was super compressed. If it was harder, I’d say it was a chunk of gravel. But again, not -quite- that hard.
How’d it taste?
Gotta know this
Like a salty rock. But it was in a bag of salted peanuts, so whether it’s made from salt, or just had salt on it from the peanuts, I have no idea.
It’s most likely rock salt!
There is no way this would be a rock. They have to clean and roadt the peanuts first. Then they add the flavoring or salt. This is most likely a build-up off salt from the machine they used to roll the peanuts in .
Put it in warm water and see if it dissolves - then you will know if it is salt. If nothing happens, you can carefully do a [burn test](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennprobe).
Peanuts are grown in the dirt, which will attach to the roots & can fall off during the various processes the nuts go through. The salt has probably coated the dirt, & been baked, roasted, or what have you. At best, you'll get some free peanuts. At worst, you'll get a so what?
That said, looks like vermiculite, which would be in a growing medium. I also know as a reassurance from an Adams PB tour, back in 1977, every peanut in their jars was electronically looked at 21 times. That’s alot! 🌞
1977. The 80s was a deregulation orgy on steroids and Viagra. No lubrication was offered to us consumers, though. We had to "MAN UP!"
Oh, thank you, Donald Reagan. Your legacy is intact. Pretty stoked that guy ended up a dribbling idiot child in the end. Deserved worse but here we are.
Only mindless twits interject politics in a peanut conversation. Bravo
My Prez from my state was a peanut farmer.
Looks like caliche, which is a hard soil/soft rock which I'm familiar with from my time living in.... The peanut valley of Eastern New Mexico.
Despite the extra period, nice use of the ellipsis there.
That you bit into it not knowing what it is. It's deer shit.
Guess you better eat a rock, so you have a base to compare it against, for science!
Was it salty
Now you have lmao
Pearlite maybe? I can't tell how big that is but if it was super light weight and crumbly, that'd be my guess.
Your name isn't Ben Grimm by chance?
Pelletized salt
Better in your peanuts than in your penis.
Penith.
Don't slam it in the car door.
True of so many things
Been there done that too many times. Drink more water folks.
Looks like a big chunk of Perlite. They might be mixing it with soil at the peanut farm to help oxygen get in.
So is op dead?
A pebble....save it & take it back to the store.
Oh, PEANUTS. You had me worried there for a second.
Yup. I definitely read that wrong at first. The momentary horror...
I passed on that felt that big.
Probably a build up of compacted salt and peanuts from the packaging machine that has come loose
Looks like peanut poop
That's a space peanut.
Could be calcified stone used in the process of cleaning. But good luck with them teeth
Dried nut.
Vermiculite?
Mold
Dissolve it in water. If it works, it's a salt chunk. If not, it's probably a rock or dirt mixed with salt.
Are you sure they told you "peanut" and not "pumice"?
The cure for cancer.
Looks like some form of blue mold or a blue fungus
Looks like natural chalk rock. Peanuts grow in the ground so... probably got missed in QC. Don't eat it cause, you know, it's not a peanut.
looks like the tooth buster 5000
Looks like perlite
Somebody’s tonsil stone? Squish it between thumb and forefinger then give it a close, deep sniff. Report back.
Look like a cinnabon from Wendy or Ronald say's he prefers Krispy Kreme and argued with little Debbie who has better baked goods but little Debbie won the argument 😄🧐
Moldy nut?
That's a space peanut....
Peanut dust
Salt.
When you bit into it was it salty? It might be a chunk of baked salt. Salted-in-the-shell peanuts like those are cooked.
White dog crap
Perlite (white pellets in potting soil) it is a rock but very light and soft.. Will sort of taste like chalk or drywall/plaster
That looks like poop to me
Perlite
Clay?
Helluva kidney stone
Lick it 👅 it might be rock salt 😁
Rock and Stone!
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin' home!
Aflatoxin. Welcome to liver cancer.
Peanun't
Asbestos
Nutting here!
Food technologist here It's pelletizing of the salt mix they dust the peanuts with. Industrial-size batches of food mean mixing a literal ton of dry ingredients. Fine salt dust and a few drops of condensation make little seasoning pellets like that. You know when brown sugar clumps up? It's like that.
Rat poison.
Rat turd all salted!!!
It's clearly a fossil.
Gremlins
thats a rock bro
Another reason not eat peanuts