Peas

[Deemy]

Does anyone know how many pints of shelled peas you can get out of a bushel?

 

[Gingergirl]

Farm Journal's Freezing & Canning Cookbook

12 to 15 pints shelled peas from 1 bushel (30 pounds) of peas in pods.

BTW, great book!

 

[Libertarian]

Are the pea pods edible or should they be used only as animal feed or compost?

 

[Freeholdfarm]

Depends on what kind of peas you have. There are two kinds of peas with edible pods -- snow peas, which are flat and are used in Oriental cooking a lot, and snap peas, which have fat, crunchy, sweet pods and almost no pea (when the peas start to develop they are getting past prime). Then there are the traditional shelling or English pea. As children we sometimes used to chew the pods up and spit them out (just for the flavor), but they are too fibrous to be edible. Feed them to your critters if you have some (in small quantities, or they'll get tummy aches), or put them in the compost pile.

Kathleen

 

[Deemy]

Thanks Gingergirl...I have two bushel on order for $12 a bushel...

 

[Gingergirl]

Deemy,

Your welcome. Our peas are not in yet.

BTW, that's a good price.