On 9/23/2014 6:19 AM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:22:04 -0500, "MaryL"
> > wrote:
>
>> No, beans are not called peas. Pinto beans are not transformed into pinto
>> peas.
>
> Whew!
>
>> However, there are some separate varieties of peas--snow peas,
>> black-eyed peas, crowder peas, etc. Of course, I was looking back to my
>> childhood when I said we only had English peas in the region where I grew
>> up. That may not be true now.
>
> Oh, okay - thanks. Yes, all the other "peas" are defined first. The
> only one that isn't is the "English" pea type.
>
>> I still think automatically of English peas
>> if I simply hear that "peas" will be served.
>
> Me to! I'd never dream of calling them English - or even green for
> that matter. They're just plain peas to me and I'd wonder why anyone
> else was confused.

When I ordered tea, outside of the country, they would bring me hot tea.
I wanted iced tea, and I assumed they knew, but tea to them, is hot tea.
I do not drink tea, now, because it stains my teeth, so I will not make
that mistake again.

I think it was the same with Mary's peas, she expected to get green,
English peas with her order and she got some other kind of pea.

Becca

"Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/23/2014 6:19 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:22:04 -0500, "MaryL"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> No, beans are not called peas. Pinto beans are not transformed into
>>> pinto
>>> peas.
>>
>> Whew!
>>
>>> However, there are some separate varieties of peas--snow peas,
>>> black-eyed peas, crowder peas, etc. Of course, I was looking back to my
>>> childhood when I said we only had English peas in the region where I
>>> grew
>>> up. That may not be true now.
>>
>> Oh, okay - thanks. Yes, all the other "peas" are defined first. The
>> only one that isn't is the "English" pea type.
>>
>>> I still think automatically of English peas
>>> if I simply hear that "peas" will be served.
>>
>> Me to! I'd never dream of calling them English - or even green for
>> that matter. They're just plain peas to me and I'd wonder why anyone
>> else was confused.
>
> When I ordered tea, outside of the country, they would bring me hot tea. I
> wanted iced tea, and I assumed they knew, but tea to them, is hot tea. I
> do not drink tea, now, because it stains my teeth, so I will not make that
> mistake again.
>
> I think it was the same with Mary's peas, she expected to get green,
> English peas with her order and she got some other kind of pea.

I remember ordering iced tea in Canada and being shocked that it was sickly
sweet. I was just a kid then but did not drink sweet drinks and they had no
diet drinks in that particular restaurant. I wound up ordering hot tea as
it was the only drink besides coffee and water that wasn't sweet.

On 9/22/2014 8:05 PM, MaryL wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
>
> On 9/21/2014 1:45 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:05:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The butter beans I have seen are larger and more of a beige/yellow
>>> color.
>>> The lima beans are smaller and a pale green. Do not taste the same
>>> to me.
>>
>> That sounds like the difference between mature lima beans and baby
>> limas. I like baby limas, dislike the mature type. Didn't like lima
>> beans until baby limas appeared in the frozen section. Jill said how
>> much she likes so often Ford Hooks that I finally bought some
>> *once*... and did NOT like them at all. :P Different strokes.
>>
>>
> I *love* Fordhook limas! I will eat, but am not very fond of, baby limas.
>
> Jill
>
> ~~~~~~~
> Same here. I grew up in northeast Ohio, and we saw Fordhooks much more
> often than baby limas. Here's another variation: we often had peas as
> one of our vegetables, and we just called them "peas." When I moved to
> Texas years ago, I suddenly saw a wide variety of peas and learned that
> I needed to specify "English peas" or at least "green peas" to get the
> type I was used to.
>
> MaryL
>

My parents were from Ohio, too. Fordhooks must have been the thing in
that area. Mom was thrilled when she found in the south she could buy
them frozen. I still buy them frozen. No one grows lima beans in this
area.

Jill