Before 1930, the lowly goober pea, now known as the peanut, was used for little more than food for pigs. Today, it’s an extremely valuable crop with hundreds of uses.

Peanuts are legumes, not nuts. Peanuts, scientifically known as Arachis hypogaea, are commonly referred to by various names such as groundnuts, goober peas, or monkey nuts.

How to grow peanuts. Healthy and sustainable, peanuts are hugely satisfying to grow at home and fun to harvest too. These ...

Peanuts may seem like a simple snack, but the history of this legume in America is a complex and fascinating tale. We look back at the roots of goober peas.

The peanut (also known as the goober pea) is a New World crop, thought to have first been cultivated by humans over 7,000 years ago in what is now Peru. Before the conquistadores brought them back, no ...

I love peanuts, even if in the South they are called goober peas, a term I find less than appealing. My mother was an excellent and avid gardener, once serving as an officer in the Michigan Garden ...

Peanut butter is my happy place. Pretty much every carb-based foodstuff and non-citrus fruit can be improved by a squirt of goober peas nut butter. Everyone knows it’s a loose sweet and creamy ...

And according to the Peanut Institute, 98-100% of lectins are destroyed by boiling or roasting. I’ll save goober peas for another column.

And according to the Peanut Institute, 98-100% of lectins are destroyed by boiling or roasting. I’ll save goober peas for another column.