Updated 4:24am 2 June 2012

Former president Jimmy Carter celebrates birthday with a peanut festival

The small town of Plains in Georgia, birthplace of former president Jimmy Carter, celebrated his birthday with a peanut festival at the weekend.

It featured fried peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter ice cream, peanut brittle, boiled peanuts, roasted peanuts, peanut sweets, peanut sculptures, toys and antiques.

The president, who turns 85 on Thursday, said he always goes out of his way to clear his schedule so he can preside over the annual parade.

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