I am sure you could do it that way but why would you...The proper way is to shell, wash, blanch, cool and freeze...it sounds like a long drawn out process but it takes just minutes and you end up with a beautiful product...I wouldn't even want to risk losing my peas doing it that way.... Truth is...I love the preserving process...It gives me such satisfaction....the same feeling when I serve dinner and all the veggies on the plate came from my garden...

The following link takes you to a video where the webcajun shows the five stages of the pink eye purple hull peas. He has quite a few videos on growing, harvesting and canning them. I pick my peas beginning at the "Racing Stripe" stage and continuing until just turning all the way purple but still soft. This post was edited by yolos on Tue, Jul 29, 14 at 21:10

I am a Southerner. I grow and eat peas. IMHO pinkeye purple hull and zipper cream are the best. My favorite is the zipper. It is very easy to shell compared to many varieties. They are best when shelled just as the pod is turning blond. The size of the seed is very large. The taste is mild and texture creamy. Pinkeye purple hull are a close second. Green stage of the seed is harder to determine for a novice. Taste is great and texture is smooth. They can be blanched and frozen in zip bags for long storage. Youtube should have real southern recipes. I like mine boiled with a strip of bacon, salt and pepper. They should be easily mashed between thumb and finger when done. Don't use too much water when cooking, just enough to keep them covered. The broth should be very flavorful if done right. We usually cook a pan of cornbread with peas and beans. My family puts the peas and broth over our corn bread. We do not eat sweet cornbread. That's just nasty. Make yourself some hot pepper jelly to serve with those peas. I hope this was helpful.

Are pink-eyed purple hulls a hybrid? I planted them for the first time this year and I am getting a few pods like those described, i.e. yellowish with a slight purple tint, though most are the normal dark purple. I started getting the odd pods after we had a very hot dry spell and I figured maybe they were just sun burned or something. I thought I had read here about folks saving these seeds, which would imply they are stable and not a hybrid. Chuck