Incredible! Why Are They Called Cocktail Peanuts

There are three classifications of peanuts. To make it short peanuts are actually not nuts but related to peas.

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The cocktail peanut is a type of peanut also know as Virginias and usually are cooked in oil and salted.

Why are they called cocktail peanuts. The etymology authorities at hand dont specifically say why peanut. So I was in Stop Shop and I saw their generic cocktail peanuts have the slightly Bowdlerized name party peanuts That makes me wonder - why is it that peanuts unflavored but for salt are called cocktail peanuts. So when a pea looks and tastes like a nut what might one call it.

It used to be called both ground pea and ground nut. Regular peanuts wont be.

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