Powell & Stokes

217 US 13 N, Windsor, NC - (800) 457-0005

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Posted By Michael Stern on March 16, 2004 4:10 AM

We went to Bertie County to eat great barbecue – which we did – but while there, we also came across some beautiful peanuts. North of Windsor on Route 1 is Powell & Stokes, a decades-old farm supply and feed store that has also been processing peanuts since 1915. Thirty years ago, "Papa Jack" Powell started cooking them for visitors to the warehouse; and about 10 years ago his family started selling them. Bertie County peanuts are the best.

The specialty is "blister-fried nuts," which are boiled, then immersed in hot oil while still wet so they develop a wicked crunch. We know of few better munchies, with or without cocktails! From these big, plump jumbos, Powell & Stokes makes chocolate-covered peanuts, which are unspeakably delicious, as well as butterscotch peanuts and peanut brittle. Also available are burlap bags full of roasted-in-the shell peanuts and shelled redskins.

While we'd never discourage anyone from traveling to northeastern North Carolina – for the food, the fishing, the natural beauty – you needn't do so to get your hands on these superior nuts. Powell & Stokes is all set up to mail-order everything they make (except for chocolate peanuts in the hot summer months). Printed catalogues are available, and everything is listed on their website.

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Chocolate Peanuts (9-ounce jar)

Peanut Brittle (9-ounce jar)

Blister-Fried Peanuts (10-ounce jar)

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