[Ag-eq] Peas

[David Andrews]

Black-eyed peas aren't inherently spicy, although they could be 
cooked that way.   I would call their flavor more earthy.  I love them.

Dave

p.s.  But then Tracey, I only moved to New Jersey when I was 12, 
lived in south before that...


At 08:45 AM 2/11/2018, you wrote:
>Hi Nella.  So, tell this Yankee gal what black-eyed peas are like.  I think
>I've only had them once, and they were very spicy.  Otherwise, they seemed
>like beans, pretty much.
>Tracy
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>
>Tracy the only bean or peas I've grown are Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas and
>the Yard Long Beans.  My Mom grows lots of beans and peas.  She grows the
>Crowder's, which are kind of like a Blacked Eyed Pea; I really like them.
>
>Yes, there are so many types of beans and peas out there and rarely do I
>meet one I don't like. Lol
>
>Nella
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Do any of you Southern charmers know about the wonderful world of peas?  I
>see all kinds in catalogs, not just the usual garden pea.  I suppose they
>are dried peas, more like beans.  I see cream or crowder peas, that "make a
>creamy pot licker sauce."  I see things like the Dixie white speckled butter
>pea.  Ain't that a fun name?  But what does one do with a butter pea?  Does
>anyone know?
>
>
>
>I've been looking at heirloom beans, which have great names.  Purple Queen,
>which has purple beans and purple-tinged leaves.  Mother Stallard's Bean.
>Turkey Craw bean.  Annie's Irish Creek bean.  Bird's egg bean.
>Disappointingly, Bird's Egg does not seem to be a really big bean, as I
>would have thought.
>
>Tracy, the bean hunter