Dave Smith wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
> > ChattyCathy wrote:
> >> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> >
> > I swear this is strictly a coincidence ... I rearranged my freezer a
> > couple of days ago. I try to keep it kind of
> > organized with vegetables in one bin, meat in another, but as time goes
> > by things get messy.
> >
> > This is when I realized I can stop buying frozen peas for
> > some weeks to come, It's about all I have by way of
> > frozen vegetables, bags of frozen peas.
> > It's to be expected, I guess, since it's one of the only
> > vegetables I don't buy fresh from farmer's markets and
> > road stands this time of the year.
> >
> > I voted love fresh and frozen peas. Canning is an awful
> > thing to do to them.
> >
>
> I confess to actually liking canned peas. IMO opinion they taste more
> like fresh peas than the frozen kind do, but they don't have the
> texture.


I eat a LOT of tossed salads, and I like canned peas in tossed salads, makes
a nice difference in texture from the crispier ingredients, e.g. iceberg
lettuce and such. I also buy canned green beans and corn to put in my
tossed salads...

And I adore frozen peas and use them in a myriad of things. I make a lot of
stir - fry type stuff and I'll add a handful of frozen peas at the end of
cooking, nice color and texture. And frozen peas will work fine in a salad,
just throw on and wait a coupla minutes to thaw...

IMNSHO peas are a food group, I like them canned, frozen, fresh, in "pod"
form...pea shoots are a treat too if you can find them.

Cheap, easy, and tasty...almost as good as sex...


:-)

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Best
Greg