Fruits

Choose pods that swell with their contents, and avoid pre-shelled. Choose sugar snap peas with firm, crisp pods; small scars are okay. Snow peas should… Read More »How Do You Buy Fresh Peas?

They’re a healthy, easily portable snack for kids and adults. Green peas have a sweetness to them that intensifies when they’re roasted. The crunchiness is… Read More »Are Roasted Peas Good For You?

The seeds of sweet peas are mildly poisonous, containing lathyrogens that, if ingested, in large quantities can cause a condition called Lathyrus. Symptoms of Lathyrus… Read More »Are Pea Seeds Poisonous?

Snow peas. Snow peas have the thinner walls of the two edible pod variants. What are the thin peas called? Snap peas and English peas… Read More »What Are The Thin Pea Pods Called?

Rare, beautiful and delicious, this unique, yellow, edible pod Pea has tasty, flat pods that are sweet and crunchy. For best eating, harvest them while… Read More »Are Yellow Pea Pods Edible?

Cascadia peas are highly versatile, with growers not only using them as snap peas, but picking them early as snow peas or letting them fully… Read More »Which Peas Are Stringless?

Garden peas (Pisum sativum L.) are cool-season crops that include the common green English pea and the edible-podded pea. English peas are shelled and only… Read More »What Are Garden Peas?

Snow peas are also known as Chinese pea pods since they are often used in stir-fries. They are flat with very small peas inside; the… Read More »Do You Have To String Snow Peas?

Marrowfat peas. Marrowfat peas are green mature peas (Pisum sativum L. or Pisum sativum var. medullare) that have been allowed to dry out naturally in… Read More »What Are The Fat Peas Called?

Cultivated peas have been classified into two types: (1) garden peas (Pisum sativum ssp. hortense), which are identified by the wrinkled nature of their seed… Read More »What Are Dry Peas Called?