Gregory Morrow wrote:
> 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...
>

I like peas. My parents liked peas. My oldest brother likes them. My
other two brothers hate them. I can't figure that out. I don't know what
there is to hate about peas.