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Annual “World’s Largest Peanut Boil” Returns to Crenshaw County

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Its time to get a little nutty. The 48th annual World’s Largest Peanut Boil began Wednesday in Crenshaw County, just in time for Labor Day Weekend. Crenshaw County Shrine Club President Andy Compton says when the peanuts arrive, they’re fresh and ready to boil. “When we get them, theyre already cleaned, washed and picked off the vine,” Compton said. “They…

World’s Largest Peanut Boil begins

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Labor Day Weekend is almost here, and that means only one thing in Luverne: peanuts. Specifically, Alcazar Shriners boiled peanuts. Labor Day Weekend marks the start of the Shriners’ World’s Largest Peanut Boil. The peanut boil started in the 1970s, and it was quite a humble affair. “It was a group of local Shriners and they wanted to have a…