My mom and I have spent a lot of hours so far this summer shelling peas and butter beans. The ones we have gotten have not been the best as far as being easy to work, and it’s been mighty tiring and aggravating sometimes. OTOH, all that frustration kinda melts away when you put a bite of these in your mouth.
These are snap peas, and you can relax, because that white stuff is just congealed bacon grease. That’s a food group, you know, bacon grease. I brought these to a boil, added a generous dollop of the grease and salted them. Then I let them simmer about 30-40 minutes, and they were just about the best thing I’d ever eaten. It had been a very long time since I had had field peas. Worth the aggravation, for sure!
August 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am
In case you folks are wondering, these are not the field peas that are gathered in the fall. These are the “Dixie Lee” summer peas. BTW, she is ever so right when she says they are very tasty. This is the only summer pea that I have ever frozen. I do not like the crowder, so why work freezing something that you do not like? These cannot be bought frozen in the grocery store. Wonder why?