it’s exactly what it sounds like. they are … weird. i do not like them.

Many people have had them and don't realize it. Many brands you buy were boiled in a heavy brine before roasting. Just like that 'baked potato' you eat from a restaurant is often boiled.

A frozen potato.

popular in the south. soak overnight in brine and then boil peanuts (in the shell like this 🥜) until they turn soft, then you pop them out of the shell and eat the soft, salty nut

When a liquid gets hot enough, it turns into a gas. When a liquid is hot enough that it's turning into a gas, it's said to be boiling. Immersing raw food products in boiling liquid is a common cooking technique, food cooked in this way is said to be boiled. A peanut is the edible seed, or pulse, of a peanut plant, a tropical legume. Ergo a boiled peanut is a peanut which has been boiled.