PLAN No. 367. MADE MONEY IN SALTED PEANUTS
Preparing salted peanuts is an art, yet one that is easily learned, and yields large profits. A young man in a western city of 12,000 to 15,000 inhabitants learned how to do it, and made it a profitable business on a small capital.
The new method he employed was as follows:
Take a suitable amount of the shelled peanuts and boil in oil until well done, after which remove them from the oil and spread thinly over a tin-covered table; then sprinkle the desired quantity of fine salt over them immediately. Let them dry and put up in neat packages.
Peanut oil, beef suet, or unsalted butter may be used. A substance known as “Konut,” which may be had of the leading grocers, is in many respects more satisfactory than any of the oils mentioned.
Use an iron kettle, and place the nuts in a basket made of iron wire netting, so they may be easily lifted from the oil when cooked. Never, under any circumstances, use brass, copper, or zinc for either the kettle or the basket. The nuts should be stirred frequently, while cooking, with a wooden paddle.
The best shelled peanuts cost 4 to 5 cents a pound in small quantities, and this process of salting costs about one cent a pound, so that 5 or 6 cents a pound is the total cost. They easily bring 10 to 12 cents a pound or more so that the young man made at least 100 per cent profit. As peanut money is “turned over” very quickly, and doubled each time, he soon realized he had a very profitable undertaking—a good money-maker.