Many amazing food dishes come from the South. We’ve got fried chicken, biscuits, green bean casserole, pecan pie, and many, many others. Generally speaking, I always trust meals that have their roots in the South. But when I heard that putting peanuts in Coke is a longstanding tradition there, I have to admit, I initially had my doubts.
According to the National Peanut Board, historian and author Rick McDaniel notes that the trend of putting peanuts in Coke likely originated in the 1920s when packaged, shelled peanuts started being sold at country stores alongside the classic Coke bottle. He continues that many workers would not have had a place to wash their hands, or simply didn’t have the time, so they started dumping the peanuts in the Coke to avoid touching each one with dirty hands.
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