Now you've got me feeling maudlin. As a born and raised Ohioan, I wasn't introduced to boiled peanuts until I lived in Florida and Georgia for a few years. Now back in Ohio, I only get strange looks when I talk about missing them. I always get some when I get in that area. It seems the ones you buy from the small "Mom & Pop" stands along the road taste the best. I'm not scheduled to be in the South until February but now that I've got the yearning, I feel a weekend road trip coming on. Alan