Pickled English/shelling pea pods?
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Comments (9)Dave, the field peas as per dilla's link and of what are typically used for "split-pea" soup are of the same family as "english peas" or "green peas", brought from europe to NA: pisum sativum. Southern peas or cowpeas of course as you know are the family Vigna from africa and have a dramatically different taste from pisum(IMO), Yeah, I know. Thus the use of "moniker" as opposed to genus or family since many use the common labels interchangeably, incorrectly but still interchangeably. A long discussion over on the Harvest forum some months back came up with several more alternate labels for them but I can't recall all the "we call them" names folks came up with. Sorry if any confusion. But whatever one calls them, they still are not productive enough in the typical home garden to off-set their inexpensive store-bought cost. Dave...See Moresnow peas or lima beans...
Comments (7)Snow peas do look like regular peas, or worst, sugar snap peas, when they are over mature. Lima beans are much larger and wider pods and have a noticable oval bump where the beans are. A few years ago, I made the mistake of planting snow peas and sugar snaps right next to each other. It was not an easy task to seperate, but at least both had edible pods for a while before they get tough. This is my second year of growing limas and these are much different. Most get pickled at one time, as the plants usually produce about 75% of their crop all at maturity. There is nothing like the taste of a fresh cooked lima. Even for that, if they get too big, they are still not tough, and the beans are now called butter beans as they turn a bit yellow color. My second crop of regular peas (non edible pod) is now about 2 inches tall, and should hopefully produce here before a real frost sets in....See MoreAre the pods of shelling peas edible?
Comments (10)The main difference between an "edible" podded pea and a regular pea is a gene to make "vellum" which is the clear, tough,sort of parchment paper like inner lining of the pod. If you are so inclined, you can peel that away on a more mature pod, and also remove the "string" along the seam, and yield a much more edible product. However, its a lot simpler just to grow snow or snap peas, which lack this gene. If you have access to a university library, you could look up the following article and learn all about the genetics of edible podded peas -- they only give the first few pages online. No, it won't poison you -- it will just be tough to chew. Here is a link that might be useful: Genetics of snap peas abstract...See MoreSnow peas & sugar snap peas
Comments (16)i tried Sugar Sprint this year which is smaller and not as delicious as Super Sugar Snap but is only about 2 or 3 feet tall and stringless. i like to let SSS get really fat before harvest, is it just me or do they seem to get sweeter that way? The pods must be strung at any age but it is so much easier to string a fresh pea. queenofthemountain, did you get to taste any of the Sugar Snaps to compare to Super Sugar Snap? i have heard others say the taste is better? But also what your experience confirms, no resistance to PM. i was suprised to discover that snap peas come in yellow and purple. i know Sylvia grew some Golden Sweet snow peas recently and i just received some Opal Creek and Sugar Magnolia seeds. Anyone else trying any of the colored podded peas?...See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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