Boat trips

Captain Gill’s Boiled Peanuts

by kim on May 10, 2012Share this post:

Speaking of Apalachicola food… Before visiting Apalach, I’d never tasted boiled peanuts. That is, until I boarded Captain Gill’s boat for a tour along the Apalachicola River and Scipio Creek. As we snacked, his wife explained that unlike other methods his doesn’t yield mushy peanuts. He graciously shared his “recipe.” Get some good fat green peanuts. [...]

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Up the Creek in Apalachicola, Florida

by kim on February 12, 2011Share this post:

“Apalacha-where?” a friend asked me when I shared my pre-trip plans last fall. “It sounds very…mmm…rural. Besides, you don’t even like Florida.” She was sort of right. That’s because the Florida I knew mainly consisted of suburbs around Fort Lauderdale, where I lived for a few years while working in a corporate cubicle. I wore [...]

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