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Default Perfect green beans!

On 4/30/2014 5:42 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 4/30/2014 3:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-04-30 12:17 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>> Home grown fresh peas are good and sweet when just picked. My mother
>>> used to complain that the family ate so many of them that she could not
>>> gather enough for a meal.
>>>

>>
>>
>> They are a real treat> They are an expensive treat if you have to buy
>> them. Either bought or picked, they are a considerable amount of work. I
>> really hate spending $3-4 for a small basket of peas and spend 15-20
>> minutes shucking them to get enough peas for about three forkfuls each.

>
> Very true, but as a side dish, frozen peas, just cooked until the
> water boils again are very good.
>

Works for me! I buy frozen small green peas.

Jill