The peas don't care that my fridge is full of peas. They don't care that I had plans for the weekend that did not involve them. The peas
demand to be picked. They demand to be shelled. And their demands must be met. Above we have 3 pounds of snow peas.
Different day, different harvest...that's 2 pounds of snow peas on the left, and close to 4 pounds of sugar snap peas on the right.
On the left we've got shelling peas. The right basket has more snow peas and more sugar snap peas with fava beans in the middle.
Shelling peas is a task I usually tackle in the evenings. Turn on the television and shell some peas. This is Sunday evening's final production...a bit over 2 quarts, weighing in at 3 pounds of shelled peas.
Fresh peas are ridiculously superior to canned or frozen peas. Despite their tyrannical demands, I do so enjoy steamed peas with butter, salt, and pepper.
The peas had better watch out, though. The radishes are young and spicy. There's revolution afoot.
Those silly demanding peas! At least they have the redeeming quality of being delicious. I also think fresh peas are so much better than frozen or canned.
ReplyDeleteFresh peas have ruined me for peas any other way.
DeleteHoly peas, batman! That is a whole lot of green goodness. Can't wait until mine start coming in - it's tough being patient sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get a bumper crop.
DeleteThat is a lot of peas. How much do you plant to get that many?
ReplyDeleteMy main garden is divided into 12 "raised" beds. Each of these beds is 20 feet long by about 3 feet wide. I planted 3 of my 12 beds with peas...one bed of snow peas, one bed of sugar snaps, and one of shelling peas. I plant each bed full, meaning at the recommended packet spacing between each plant but with no rows. Dense.
DeleteLovely peas. It is a wonderful problem to have.
ReplyDelete