Peanuts, being a legume, are decidedly un-paleo.  That would imclude  
of course the shell.

Jim Swayze
www.fireholecanyon.com
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 5:04 AM, "Stanevich, Ron L"  
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> I'm somewhat new to the list, but why?  Why eat the shell?
>
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> Subject: Eating the shells of peanuts...
>
> Is there any danger in this practice?
>
> Perhaps the peanuts are often treated and you're not supposed to eat  
> the
> shells....?
>
> I can't seem to find information about this on the internet. Because  
> they're
> not explicitly warning people not to then I doubt they are (and hope  
> not).
>
> However obviously they don't really care about us tiny percentage  
> who would
> dream of eating them and if they are treated with things like  
> pesticides
> without the intention of people eating the shells it seems to me it  
> could be
> extremely poisonous.