R' Yisrael Medad asked:
> I'm told Rav Moshe Feinstein said that there was absolutely
> NO basis for including peanuts on a 'kitnitot' list. EVEN
> Ashkevazimm can eat them. Can anyone confirm or deny?

This is a great distortion of what Rav Feinstein said, which is that 
many localities did not forbid peanuts, and that therefore, if there 
is no specific minhag to forbid them, they are not forbidden. "Those 
who do have a specific minhag not to eat peanuts are forbidden to do 
so, but when in doubt, ein le'esor." -- Igros Moshe, Orach Chaim, vol 
3, siman 63.

Those who can read/learn the original should do so, as some phrases 
are very difficult to translate. For example, "ein le'esor" could 
simply mean "it is not forbidden". Alternatively, one might translate 
it as "one must not forbid it", and that more extreme language might 
lead someone to think that there was "absolutely no basis."

Akiva Miller