Enjoy The Taste Of Fresh Garden Peas!

These days, most people opt for frozen peas for convenience. They don’t know what they’re missing, says Bill Kerr. Fresh peas are far tastier and sweeter.

-  Bill Kerr

When most people think of peas, they immediately think of the normal garden pea found in frozen packs, or the flat pod-type snow or mange tout peas. These are eaten as a cooked vegetable or included raw in salads.

Snap peas, in contrast, have thickened pod walls and are crisp and sweet.

They are found in supermarkets in season, but are usually marketed as flattish, underdeveloped pods resembling mange tout types.

They taste better when grown to full size, when they are also at their plumpest and juiciest. But they are not marketed at the ideal eating stage because they then look like over-mature pods.

This is one very good reason for growing peas yourself.