peas

     

A pea, although treate as a vegetable in cooking, is botanically a fruit; the term is most commonly used to describe the small spherical seeds or the pods of the legume Pisum sativum. The name is also used to describe other edible seeds from the Fabaceae like the pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), the cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), and the seeds from several species of Lathyrus.

Trivia about peas

  • Pisum sativum, the garden variety of this legume, usually bears 5 to 10 seeds in its pods
  • Snow,sugar snap,chick
  • Round, wrinkled, green seed or yellow seed are differences in the 7 traits of these plants Mendel studied
  • Petit pois are small, tender ones of these
  • To retain its crispness, the sugar snap type of this should be eaten raw
  • Peanuts are not related to nuts, but to these
  • Sugar & snap are edible podded varieties of this vegetable
  • Early,snow,split
  • In the 1970s horticulturists developed sugar snaps by crossing the snow & green varieties of this
  • Unlike the green variety of this vegetable, the string on sugar snaps runs around both sides of the pod
  • Does calling these veggies petits pois make them any tastier?
  • In the 1970s the sugar snap variety of this veggie was created when snow & green varieties were crossed
  • A traditional part of British cuisine is a plate of fish & chips served with mashed these on the side

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