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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

What kind of salt and water are you using?  Could make a difference also.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mogrits" <mogrits AT gmail.com>


> An update: I had a store-bought one pound bag of raw peanuts. I soaked 
> them
> about 12 hrs in brine and roasted them on two cookie sheets in a 
> convection
> oven at 325 degrees for a little under a half hour. (I was sampling them 
> for
> "doneness" in the last ten minutes).
>
> They came out okay but had no salt flavor whatsoever. Many of them were
> overdone, too, because I failed to account for the fact they will continue
> to cook for a while even when removed from heat.
>
> Next batch I will try boiling them in the brine for a while and then
> roasting them. I don't want them to taste like a salt lick necessarily, 
> but
> they should have some hint of salt inside.