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Pea Pods
posted by pii_bii on Fri, 2009-07-24 09:41
I bought some peas in pods this week (I was in a hurry and just thought 'Ooh, massive sugar snap peas!' D'oh!) and very much enjoyed the theraputic activity that is podding peas. I was podded a load last night to make this for the umpteenth time: http://www.justhungry.com/my-mothers-simply-braised-spring-vegetables-hi... but was feeling a little guilty for chucking out the pods. I even gave one a nibble and it was nice, but a little tougher than those of peas that are cultivated to be eaten in their pods - obviously!
I was wondering, is there any way I could use these in a recipe? Would I be able to blitz them into soup? Any ideas or any recipes would be much appreciated; I don't like to throw things out if I can help it!
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You could definitely boil them up to make stock, but they are really very fibrous, too much to eat as a vegetable. I used to munch on them when I was a kid, but you do have to spit out the inner part after a bit.
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pii_bii, my mother says 1) thank you for making that recipe so many times! and 2) pea pods make great fertilizer for roses - just bury them at the roots. FWIW ^_^
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Pea pods have been used for soups for centuries in England. The technology for dealing with the pea pod fibers was a Tamis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamis and the soup would be sieved through this.
This recipe looks rather nice:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/chilled-p...
And it's vegetarian (no chicken stock involved)
It's something about their texture and how they burst in your mouth, so I'm not much of a fresh pea fan - but my husband most definitely is. You've certainly encouraged me to use the pods for making a soup or stock (I love the idea of a pea risotto with no peas). I think the key to using pea pods might be to get a good quality sieve.
Perhaps now's the time for me to finally invest in one of those 'superbags' the Molecular Gastronomy cooks have been raving about! :D
http://www.cookingconcepts.com/ENG/superbag.html
That soup recipe looks yummy! And great minds obviously think alike, Loretta, I too was considering risotto whilst podding the peas!
Now to invest in a decent sieve. :)
Thanks to your mother for the recipe, and her horticultural knowledge! Nitrogen fixing legumes, and all that, I guess - I should have guessed that they'd be good for plants. Okay, well I live in a flat without so much as a window box, but I have an allotment nearby and lots of green fingered friends who would appreciate the pods, I'm sure. :)
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