Have you ever had “farmer’s coke?
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I’ve been hearing about it here in Japan recently. https://japantoday.com/category/features/food/peanuts-and-coke-becomes-viral-hit-in-japan-but-is-it-a-trend-worth-joining
I have a vague memory of a Southern relative giving it to me once, but hadn’t thought about it in years until recently.
peppermintmeow@reddit
It's delicious. I've never heard it called that before though.
But yeah, I've been having them my whole life. So assuming I tried my first one when I was knee high to a grasshopper, I've been having them for over 40 years now, so I guess they're practically new to me! 40 years is basically a spring chicken 😂
holymacaroley@reddit
My mom in her mid 70s had it in her younger days but I have never seen anyone have this.
SteampunkRobin@reddit
I live in a southern state, we just called it peanut coke. Never heard it called anything else.
sluttypidge@reddit
My family did peanuts in Dr. Pepper because that's our preferred coke. Great for when you've been working outside in 90+F k32+ C) weather for more than an hour, or any extended time in the heat honestly.
caseygwenstacy@reddit
I have heard of it, but never seen anyone actually eat or drink one. While I live in a more suburban/metropolitan area in Virginia on the coast, My dad’s family is from eastern Kentucky, mountain folks, living in a coal soaked town that was doing better financially when there were more railroad jobs. Never saw a single one of them do this.
TheLizardKing89@reddit
I’ve heard of it but never actually tried it or even seen it. Also, I’ve never heard it called “farmer’s coke.” That sounds like some new drug.
DryFig511@reddit
lol def why I clicked
WrennyWrenegade@reddit
It's something I associate with truckers and other driving jobs rather than farmers. (Though I guess modern farming is pretty vehicle heavy.)
spider_pork@reddit
NGL, I clicked expecting to hear about some weird legal high.
juanzy@reddit
Honestly thought they were going to describe a hippie speedball (weed and coffee)
CharlesDickensABox@reddit
Meth. It's meth.
Economy_Rich9341@reddit
farmer's coke sounds like a vibe but idk fam, smh
Careful_Reporter8814@reddit
Right?! I’ve never heard it called that and I thought there was a new designer drug that gave you so much energy you could keep up with a full day of farm work. I wasn’t going to try it but I was interested in learning more about it.
ImpressNo3129@reddit
I remember watching this trend explode on twitter when the cultural exchange between Japan and the US started a month or so ago. The guy who introduced it to the Japanese explained it was a drink for farmers because back in the day their hands were dirty so they didn't want to touch their food, thus they'd dump peanuts into the coke and could eat and drink during breaks, or something to that nature. Thus, farmer's coke. It's been pretty wild watching their reaction to it, of the 50+ or so Japanese accounts I saw try it, I only saw one say it tasted good, but I think they were just being polite. But also they were all using 'butter peanuts', whatever that is, but they insisted it was salted.
On a happier note, someone recently introduced the Japanese to ranch dressing which they did love and it's been selling out like crazy.
Cock--Robin@reddit
Yes, frequently when I was a kid.
Crazy-Squash9008@reddit
Try chili limon peanuts in a Mexican Coke.
Sylent09@reddit
Glancing at the link I see "peanuts in Coke". I am from Middle Tennessee and while i don't know of anyone who does that around here i HAVE heard of it. If i remember correctly it's more of a Georgia thing? I could be wrong about that though. It looks horrendous - it looks like a bottle full of teeth floating/marinating in Coke. But hey, some folks think sausage gravy and biscuits looks gross but it's amazing so peanuts in Coke might not be bad. Just ain't been adventurous enough to try it.
astudyinamber@reddit
My mom is from Georgia originally and taught me to put peanuts in coke. I've never heard of anyone else doing it though. It has a similar sort of salty-but-sweet thing that dipping french fries in a frostie does
EagleCatchingFish@reddit
Do you use just regular salted peanuts, then?
schmatteganai@reddit
yes
EagleCatchingFish@reddit
I'll have to try it next time I have peanuts on hand.
involevol@reddit
You want to grab a cold bottle of cola and a sleeve of those salted peanuts from the gas station (some people swear it has to be RC and Lance). The colder the cola and saltier the peanuts the better it is. It’s one of those things that sounds insane, but is actually pretty damn tasty.
big_ol_knitties@reddit
Yes! It HAS to be Lance in the little plastic tubes!
Majestic-Macaron6019@reddit
It's nice. Best in a glass bottle, but plastic works. Cup or can is just wrong
schmatteganai@reddit
The people I know who actually do this regularly insist on RC Cola
astudyinamber@reddit
My mom has always said a moon pie goes with RC Cola. Her dad would often send her to the store down the street when she was a small kid to get that for him, and she was allowed to get whatever candy she wanted with the left over change
NonStopKnits@reddit
I grew up in very north Florida, my Nanny says the first date her and Pops* went on was to a soda shop and they split an RC Cola ans a Moon Pie.
*pops was grandpa.
Equivalent-Speed-631@reddit
My boss many moons ago, was from Georgia and he always ate a moon pie with an RC Cola.
HavBoWilTrvl@reddit
This is the best pairing for a moon pie. And RC is the best coke.
In the South, coke is any dark, carbonated beverage.
ZestfullyStank@reddit
Specifically the ones from a gas station
astudyinamber@reddit
Yes, just regular roasted and salted peanuts. They will float to the top and not look very nice in the bottle lol. But you just take a few into your mouth when you sip from the bottle and munch. One-handed snack/drink combo
Saltpork545@reddit
I'm from Missouri and I've seen several people doing it growing up. Do it myself and still enjoy it.
It's easy gas station fodder and a good snack if your hands are nasty and you're busy doing hard work.
Also I've seen it around Nascar and other driving events. It is mostly with the older generations, but I was raised by the generation before boomers, so that's probably why I don't think much of it.
Try it. I like it with Dr Pepper and get it on road trips.
BankOk9472@reddit
Nah, Its a Southern thing. People in MS, LA and Alabama do it to.
Kscarpetta@reddit
Kentucky too.
CarpeDiem082420@reddit
Virginia and Tennessee, too. I always thought of it as an Appalachian thing.
HeidiDover@reddit
My Georgia mama taught me, as well. I haven't thought about doing that in years. It was a huge treat when I was a kid because we didn't get much coke.
sapgetshappy@reddit
I’m from GA and my mom/grandparents do/did this! Never thought about it being specific to our state, but it does make sense; Coca-Cola and peanuts are both a big part of our history.
donuttrackme@reddit
You find peanuts and Coke too adventurous?
Sylent09@reddit
Neither peanuts nor Coke are my top tier of either of their respective categories. Neither are bad, but other options i find better. So mixing 2 things that fall under the category of "if it's all they have then okay" doesn't seem that appealing to me. And with the state of everything right now spending a few bucks on something I might not like IS kinda adventurous
donuttrackme@reddit
Hey, if you're hurting that bad that you can't afford to buy coke and peanuts then my heart goes out to you. Sorry if I offended you.
BigBoxOfGooglyEyes@reddit
I grew up in GA and had a roommate in college that would do this. She also ate miracle whip and cheese ball sandwiches, but I think that one may have just been her own creation.
Saltpork545@reddit
Miracle whip and cheese ball sandwiches make me think of ghetto pimento cheese, which as Breaking Bad informed the wider world, is the caviar of the South.
I have some in my fridge right now.
Peanuts and your favorite cola is quite good. Try it.
YourGuyK@reddit
It's peanuts in Coke. How could it be anything *but* a Georgia thing?
IntelligentValue276@reddit
Tennessee here and my mom has done it as long as I can remember. She's 75 now though,so perhaps an older generation thing?
leeloocal@reddit
My grandmother from Louisiana did it as well.
meowmix778@reddit
My grandfather was from Bama and he did it. No idea where it comes from.
It is horrible. The best you get is a bit of salty coke at the bottom like drinking the sugar milk from your corn flakes if that scans.
Xylophelia@reddit
100% a Georgia thing but idk anyone younger than sixty who still does it
big_ol_knitties@reddit
Yes!!! This was my father's favorite when I was a tiny bean in the 80s! He usually put his in an RC Cola or Diet Coke. I would still do it today myself, if I ever thought about it.
It's funny how validating this is, because every time I've mentioned this to someone new, they act like I made it up!
Oldy_VonMoldy@reddit
OMG! I finally get it! I used to listen to country music as a kid. There was a song called “I was country, when country wasn’t cool”, I forget who sang it, but there was a line in it “(something something) I was puttin’ peanuts in my coke”. I’m from Maryland, this was unheard of. I assumed I was simply mis-hearing something. Now I know!
YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO@reddit
More common in the south, but yeah I had it all the time as a kid. Now not so much since I don't drink soda pop anymore.
WarProper3733@reddit
If you've never done coke with a peanut farmer you're missing out.
PantsDontHaveAnswers@reddit
It was Jimmy Carter and Gerry Ford, and they were snortin' that shit every day.
Fickle-Aardvark6907@reddit
Now I have an image of Freddie Mercury snorting lines with Jimmy Carter.
bryku@reddit
"done coke" sounds a little more intense than "drink coke".
HalcyonHelvetica@reddit
I'm from the south and have never heard of this
ThisWillBeOnTheExam@reddit
Born and raised in California I remember seeing people do this one time ever at a baseball game when I was a kid. I thought it was strange and that they must’ve been just goofing around. I only learned it was ‘a thing’ in my 30s. I’ve never had it.
masonic-youth@reddit
No but my grandparents were farmers in Texas and they did this about 20 years ago. I always thought it looked gross lol
otetrapodqueen@reddit
I had a teacher in high school who constantly had this (I'm from East Tennessee!) I thought it was interesting, but not enough to try it. Lol
wee_idjit@reddit
Grew up on it in Texas! Salted peanuts in sweet Coke. Protein and sugar, what's not to like? People who worked in the heat and sweated all day loved it as a snack.
Kinetic_Silverwolf@reddit
I was born in 1980.
I lived in Central Alabama for half my childhood, and Central Florida for another third of that childhood. I did not hear of this being a thing until I was in my 30s.
AnybodySeeMyKeys@reddit
Yes. I haven't had it in a long time but it was really good.
diversalarums@reddit
I'm not convinced it has anything to do with farmers (would defer to actual farmers' families from the early 20th century). But it was common where I lived in the Mid South for kids to do this in grade school. Never saw it done by anyone else.
RVFullTime@reddit
I tried it when I lived in South Carolina. I considered it to be a choking hazard.
sapgetshappy@reddit
Yeah, it’s def a thing in the southeast! More common among older folks, though.
Gorkymalorki@reddit
My mom grew up in rural Virginia and she said that it was common treat to drink RC Cola with peanuts in it back in the 50s.
sapgetshappy@reddit
Ahh I love RC! Mostly for the nostalgia lol. I don’t think I’ve ever entered my grandparents’ house without running straight to the fridge to grab one.
But our classic combo is an RC + a moonpie.
Blackwidow_Perk@reddit
Yep I was born in Florida. I’m young and it’s definitely a thing amongst us too. My dad was a drywaller so it helped have a snack and some energy while his hands were dirty. I still get it from time to time for nostalgia. Helps for diet too because it makes you super full.
FunkBeaver@reddit
I always remember Bobby Bowden talking about it as an old man lol definitely something I associate with people of his generation
jrice138@reddit
In high school I had a baseball coach who spent some time playing in the minor leagues and he drank coke that way. He said that’s how they do it and that’s where h picked it up. Thats the only time in my life I’ve ever seen or heard of people doing this.
Fickle-Aardvark6907@reddit
I have never put one in the other but I have eaten a snickers bar while drinking a coke and I can confirm that tastes do go together
MorgessaMonstrum@reddit
One time I drank a Pepsi while I had a peanut stuck in my teeth, and I thought the flavor combination was pretty alright. This still seems gross though.
Awdayshus@reddit
I have not, mainly because of my peanut allergy.
Zillajami-Fnaffan2@reddit
Ive never even heard of it
Saltpork545@reddit
Yep but with Dr Pepper. When you're actually busting your ass doing hard manual work all day it's an easy tasty high calorie snack.
That's what it's good for and it's great.
I've also seen people do it with Pepsi.
Next time you spend your entire bankroll filling up your tank, go inside and grab your favorite dark soda and a thing of peanuts and combine the two. If you like cola and peanuts, the two together is a good time.
Akem0417@reddit
I've lived in California my whole life and I never heard of it
FlyByPC@reddit
I've had it once or twice, but I don't really like Coke anyway. I'm more a Dr. Pepper fan. The peanuts probably do improve Coke.
I've never heard it called "farmers' Coke," but I did understand what you meant when I reddit.
It's been a thing for decades.
GreenBeanTM@reddit
Never heard of the concept before and absolutely never would have guessed it was peanuts soaked in coke
OkQuantity4011@reddit
Yeah! Had it in a farm town in the US South. It wasn't half bad. 6/10.
InksOwl@reddit
My dad did this and he was a farm boy from about an hour south of DC in Virginia (born in the late 50s)
Spiel_Foss@reddit
If the farmer is Columbian, yes.
sonofkeldar@reddit
I put peanuts in Dr Pepper all the time, and I have since I was a kid. It’s a southern thing, but specifically a Texas thing. It was a quick lunch for people who worked in the oil fields, because you could mix and drink it with dirty hands.
EmotionalCattle5@reddit
My husband occasionally puts peanuts in his mountain dew. I thought it was weird...lol
GrandBanana9285@reddit
The late singer Roger Miller (King of the Road) lived in Tesuque, New Mexico; just north of Santa Fe. I read an article from a friend of his that said they'd shoot the breeze at the general store up there, while Roger would drink a bottle of Coke he had put peanuts in. Seeing as how Roger was born in Fort Worth and grew up in Oklahoma, seems like it very much was a southern thing.
Scavgraphics@reddit
curiously, I've had King of the Road stuck in my head for a lot of today.
distrucktocon@reddit
I’m a man of means by no means.
GrandBanana9285@reddit
Have you been drinking a bottle of Coke with peanuts in it?
WonderfulProtection9@reddit
I didn’t realize Oklahoma was part of the south. /s
GrandBanana9285@reddit
The census bureau has OK listed as a southern state, but I like this description from r/tulsa: Texas is where the South meets the Southwest, Oklahoma is where the South meets the Midwest.
distrucktocon@reddit
It was a treat we’d get in the afternoon for helping our grandfather out in the garden.
Salted roasted peanuts and a glass bottle coke are a delicacy.
Vyckerz@reddit
Never had it, never even heard of it!
Definitely trying it though
getElephantById@reddit
I know this was a thing, since my parents talked about doing it when they were teenagers. I've never once heard it called "farmer's coke", and until I see a citation I'm guessing that's a made up, slightly insulting internet name.
VixxenFoxx@reddit
Yes I have, also: no one, no one ever ever ever in the history of all of time, has ever once called it "farmers coke"
ArkansasTravelier@reddit
My grandpa would specifically buy glass bottles of Coke so we could all have it together after church on Sundays, just an easy way of showing some old school southern trends to the younger generation
FreeStateOfPortland@reddit
It’s delicious. Glass bottle. Add some salted peanuts. Salt and sweet heaven.
bangbangracer@reddit
Nope. It's a thing that never made it up north to Minnesota and I'm allergic to nuts.
It's very much a southern thing. I think the only place I ever saw it in public was at a fair I went to in Georgia. But I've heard of people doing it there for years.
OrangeToTheFourth@reddit
I think it depends on how blue collar and rural you are, which is why you're getting mixed answers from people in the same state. If you're not around people who use dip, you're probably not around people who put peanuts in their coke.
I used to see it all the time in the last factory I worked in regardless of age. You're working, on your feet, no desk. You only got two hands, so your peanuts go in your coke, and now you have a free hand for turning a wrench or grabbing your dip. Dip gets spit in coolant, peanuts and coke get swigged, grab more dip and back to turning that wrench or driving that forklift.
Different_Cherry8326@reddit
No, I haven’t. I’ve heard it’s a good high, but I can’t get it over the idea of snorting manure into my nose.
50Shekel@reddit
Yes. My grandpa used to make me these when I was little. I grew up in SW VA
DadPuncher69@reddit
I grew up in Oklahoma, and "farmer's lunch" was a thing there. It's okay. I'd rather just enjoy the coke and peanuts on their own.
MillieBirdie@reddit
I come from the land of peanuts (Virginia) and it's a thing but mostly outdated now. I've never had it myself cause I don't like coke.
PJ_lyrics@reddit
Yup it's one of my favorite road trip snacks. In fact, did it last week on a trip to South Carolina (from Florida). I don't usually dumped them all in the coke tho. I just get a mouthful of peanuts and then take a drink of coke and chew/swallow.
Responsible_Side8131@reddit
I have heard of this but have never actually seen it.
TokyoDrifblim@reddit
I've heard of this for a long time but never seen anyone drink it in real life
jessek@reddit
It's a thing in Georgia, I've heard of it but never tried it.
brinns_way@reddit
I thought this was going to be about drugs. Never tried this and I don't think I ever will.
Madrona88@reddit
Is that what that was called. I lived in Florida when I was eight and I would end up with this.
meowmix778@reddit
My grandfather was an old southern man and he did it all the time. I never knew it had a name but it's kind of shitty. I have a bit of nostalgia for him thinking about it, but I'm not going out of my way to do it.
I have no idea if it's common but he always did it with hot nuts.
IntelligentValue276@reddit
Its a southern thing in the USA I think. My mom always loved it, but i do not!!
DoublePostedBroski@reddit
Never heard of it
martlet1@reddit
I do it all rhe time. Planters peanuts with salt.
But people do it with boiled peanuts too.
Manatee369@reddit
Back in the dark ages, peanuts in RC Cola was much better than in Coke or Pepsi. Everyone used RC, nothing else, unless desperate. (Florida)
whatevendoidoyall@reddit
Never heard of this and half my family is from Georgia.
Scrappy_The_Crow@reddit
I had some once when my stepdad insisted it was great. I didn't try it again, so that should tell you how much I liked it. Of course, folks' tastes change and I might like it now.
I've never heard it called "farmer's coke," though, just "peanuts and coke."
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
Yeah but it was always RC Cola. Put a few peanuts in it
sammysbud@reddit
Never heard it called “farmer’s coke” (sounds like a drug lmao) but yeah mainly older folks put peanuts in coke.
I’ve had it a few times. It’s pretty good, I just don’t drink soda often.
Bluemonogi@reddit
I have never had it.
Deep-Hovercraft6716@reddit
Yes. We invented it.
likemy10thaccount@reddit
Yes and it's not good.
HavBoWilTrvl@reddit
I'm Southern, so, yeah. Never heard it called "farmer's coke", though. We don't have a name for it. It's just something you do when you have both peanuts and a coke. You put the peanuts in the coke.
BlueSkyMourning@reddit
I remember it as a kid in Texas 60s-70s. Never heard of it as farmer's coke. It was just a goofy snack😂
biggcb@reddit
Not at all familiar
dontforgettowriteme@reddit
Have I had it? No. I like my peanuts and coke separate. lol But I'll see you that combo and raise you cornbread in buttermilk.
Another one I could never will myself to try but old-timers love it lol.
MrLongWalk@reddit
No, it’s a Southern thing
PlanMagnet38@reddit
I’ve had that and liked it, but it’s not a frequent thing.
bryku@reddit
I've never heard it called farmer's coke. In the midwest (at least where I was) it was called "southern coke". Sometimes it pops up at fairs and stuff like that.
river-running@reddit
I'm familiar with the concept, but I've never had it myself.
amibeingtrolled@reddit
I don't like cola. Coke with peanuts is excellent.
Sweet_Cinnabonn@reddit
I think it got huge nationwide when my mother was in high school in the late 1950, early 1960s.
I've heard of it, never tried it.
JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
Never in my life have I heard it called "farmer's coke." Peanuts in cola is a classic southern snack, though mostly enjoyed by folks GenX and prior. Though I prefer Coke on its own if I'm adding peanuts, I prefer to use an RC Cola.
WestBrink@reddit
I've tried it. But that was from seeing it online years ago and being curious, not something that I ever saw anyone do in person
Cheap_Coffee@reddit
Never heard of it.
travelinmatt76@reddit
I've never heard anyone call it that
schmatteganai@reddit
It's doesn't have a special name, people just call it putting peanuts in coke.
I know plenty of people who do it sometimes, it's just a way to eat them. It makes the coke salty and the peanuts a little sweeter; if you leave them for a while they change texture a bit, too.
OK_Stop_Already@reddit
I know it's a thing but I've never personally had it.
Sea_Analysis_8033@reddit
I do it sometimes it’s pretty good surprisingly
I-am-a-constant-LIAR@reddit
One time that being old has an advantage. Been enjoying these for decades, literally decades. Actually have a century. Never called them "farmer's coke", however.
tyoung89@reddit
I worked at a gas station in North Carolina for a few years when I was younger, and I saw this fairly often. Someone get a bottle of Coke and a small bag of roasted peanuts. They’d drink like 25-35% of it, then dump the peanuts into the bottle. I always thought it seemed weird, so I’ve never tried it, but it is fairly popular as a quick snack.
chodeobaggins@reddit
Haha. Never heard it called farmers coke but I knew that's what it was going to be. Looks pretty funny in a glass instead of a bottle.
TaquitoLaw@reddit
North Carolina here, a certified classic
wieldymouse@reddit
I've seen people do it with Dr Pepper.
Mondschatten78@reddit
Haven't heard it called that, but I first learned of it 40-ish years ago, and it existed long before then.
ARustyDream@reddit
I’ve heard of doing it/done it with Dr.Pepper in Texas it’s alright. It’s a thing but not common
wbishopfbi@reddit
Not a thing (at least, not at all known). I’ve lived in Georgia most of my life and have never heard nor seen anything like this.
DummyThiccDude@reddit
Nope, first time I've ever heard about it
protossaccount@reddit
Yeah that’s a southern thing
gdubh@reddit
Yes. It’s a thing from decades past that isn’t all that common now. Or perhaps regional.
gdubh@reddit
Yes. It’s mostly a southern thing from decades past that isn’t all that common now. But I’ve never heard it called that name.
TheLastDinosaur7749@reddit
Never heard it called that before. I'm familiar with the concept, but always wrote it off as one of those weird southern things like fruit and mayonnaise.
tiger_lilly12349@reddit
Nope