View topic - Have you ever peeled peas?

by **jeral** » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:47 pm

Pea shoots are tasty little things. I grow them from Batchelors dried peas and this reminds me that there's still time to plant some, on the windowledge, plus I'll sprout some (soaked) mung beans in a colander too. while I'm at it.

Binky, I wonder if the peas were shelled so that they don't pop as that might detract from the caviar pop served with them.

I've shelled lots of peas by accident. Bringing them to the boil and forgetting them does it every time, doh. If that happens, I boil them viciously(?) for a bit longer in a lot of water and usually all the shells magically rise to the surface to be scooped off.

by **Pampy** » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:58 pm

Member 461 wrote:Have never seen or heard of peeling unpodded peas.

It'd be magic if someone could peel unpodded peas! :lol:

by **wargarden** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:35 am

i can see only two ways to peel unpodded peas and that is with a grinder and the peas are frozen.
the other would have to be some strange molecular gastronomy technique.

by **Renee** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:58 am

I think that Member 461 meant podded peas.

by **Alexandria** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:03 am

Renée,

Thank you .. Yes, I did ..

Have a lovely day. :wave

by **Binky** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:45 am

Even more people peeling peas

https://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com ... eel-a-pea/

by **Sakkarin** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:04 am

"There are only 5 people on the planet I'd peel peas for".

That's 5 more than me!

by **Lusciouslush** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:10 pm

My eyes always read something else instead of peeled peas - until I blink a few times...……... :lol:

Why? just why would you want to?
Might just about beat staring at paint drying I s'pose - then again.................................

by **Stokey Sue** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:59 pm

I keep thinking of this

: The Princess and the Pea; Pea.jpg (44.01 KiB) Viewed 5221 times

by **jeral** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:43 pm

Tee hee. By the same token, my escaping peas avatar (courtesy Sakkarin) has turned out to be prophetic: "Please, please don't skin me!" I can reassure my peas that they really needn't worry.

by **Sakkarin** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:46 pm

I recognise that Princess and the Pea pic, I thought it was William Heath Robinson, but this is his pic in the copy of Anderson's Fairy Tales I have...

by **Stokey Sue** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:02 pm

My pic is by Dulac

by **strictlysalsaclare** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:26 pm

Lusciouslush wrote:My eyes always read something else instead of peeled peas - until I blink a few times...……...

Why? just why would you want to?
Might just about beat staring at paint drying I s'pose - then again.................................

My thoughts exactly LL. I think some people (in this case the pea peelers!) need to get out more!

Even the cannonball peas that we grew a few years back had edible membranes.