tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post115107969890223613..comments2024-03-19T00:54:49.043-05:00Comments on In My Kitchen Garden: Harvesting Sugar Snap Peas In The TrenchesFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-71348850401806934562009-09-15T07:06:17.279-05:002009-09-15T07:06:17.279-05:00Really well-written story, great read and so funny...Really well-written story, great read and so funny!<br /><br />I'm slowly working my way from start to present through your blogs (I should really read along by appropriate season but I'm way too impatient for that) - and this is easily my favourite post so far.Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1152645275174771212006-07-11T14:14:00.000-05:002006-07-11T14:14:00.000-05:00Wow, a friend of mine is working on a blog of the ...Wow, a friend of mine is working on a blog of the industrial pea harvest in the UK. Talk about opposites! In any case, the guy writing the blog maintains that frozen peas are better than fresh peas. I thought you might have a thing or two to say about that:-)<BR/><BR/>The post in question is here:<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/mboma<BR/><BR/>(His comments are in the bit about the BBC programme).<BR/><BR/>:-)Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825228020497732755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1151247770674708842006-06-25T10:02:00.000-05:002006-06-25T10:02:00.000-05:00LOL!I have really enjoyed reading your posts and g...LOL!<BR/>I have really enjoyed reading your posts and get excited to see that you have posted a new post!! <BR/>I have only lurked in the shadows laughing and smiling at your posts and telling myself that sometime I need to write and tell you how much I appreciate reading your posts so finally this pea story is the straw that broke this lazy camel's back...It was just tooooo funny!!<BR/>Thanx for all your great posts and humor! You have inspired me so many times. I am now taking pictures of my garden and sharing it with my friends--yes, even the ones yesterday of my garden full of weeds! :-) <BR/>Also, living in Kansas, I have found that there are not too many of us mid westerners who post about our gardens online! What is the deal? Where are all the Kansans?<BR/>The secret is to plant plain ol' peas--not sugar snap. I have not needed support for my peas in the past, although lately I have not gotten in the garden early enough to put in a good bunch of peas. There really is nothing better, though than to eat the peas directly from the bush--usually most don't even make it to the kitchen because kids and I eat them before they can make it to the kitchen!!! :-)Yum! I have not problem with the bush kind--they do send off some tendrils, but really not too bad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1151244515371629382006-06-25T09:08:00.000-05:002006-06-25T09:08:00.000-05:00LOL. Well, I love sugar snap peas, but they *do* h...LOL. Well, I love sugar snap peas, but they *do* have to be young for them to be any good.<BR/><BR/>I'm like you--I hate putting up support systems. So this year I tried a variety of "bush" English peas. What a load of b.s. that was. They ended up as an impenetrable mass of vines. The only difference was that they were only two feet tall instead of six. I guess I have to own up to the fact that support is always, always needed.<BR/><BR/>But I am still lazy. Normally I am religious about rotating crops; nightshades are always followed by legumes, which are followed by cucurbits, etc. But I have one trellised area of the garden, and I take it straight from a spring crop of sugar snaps into a summer crop of scarlet runner beans. So far the world has not ended. ;-)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304958139383108809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1151169261448929212006-06-24T12:14:00.000-05:002006-06-24T12:14:00.000-05:00Hi Meresy G,Hmmm. Okay, maybe I'll try growing the...Hi Meresy G,<BR/>Hmmm. Okay, maybe I'll try growing them again sometime--if I have lots of spare garden space and tons of free time. How's that? So glad somebody loves them, though. : )<BR/><BR/>Hi Adam Cabe,<BR/>Gee, you make them sound pretty good, too. Thanks for the recipes.<BR/><BR/>Hi Kevin,<BR/>I can't believe you called me a wuss.<BR/><BR/>Hi Mama Kelly,<BR/>Glad you liked the story. The whole scenario was pretty funny--once I broke free, of course. : )<BR/><BR/>Okay, okay, I realize I'm probably going to find out I'm the only gardener out there who refuses to grow sugar snap peas. Like I said, Maybe. : )Farmgirl Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1151169015032377942006-06-24T12:10:00.000-05:002006-06-24T12:10:00.000-05:00OMGs I could so clearly see you tangled up in pea...OMGs I could so clearly see you tangled up in pea plants and weeds - tendrils caught in your hair<BR/><BR/>sorry that after all that work you wound up not liking them --- i agree with meresy though try again!!<BR/><BR/>my DD loves loves loves sugar snap peas - eats them as a snack and prefers them to chips and candy (she's 11)Mama Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678988558532254054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1151155861007094792006-06-24T08:31:00.000-05:002006-06-24T08:31:00.000-05:00Don't be a wuss. Lemon thyme.Don't be a wuss. Lemon thyme.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385923797403540154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1151122930064595222006-06-23T23:22:00.000-05:002006-06-23T23:22:00.000-05:00This is one of the best memories I have of my moth...This is one of the best memories I have of my mother:<BR/><BR/>Melt a pat of butter in a saute pan over medium heat and throw in a few big handfulls of sugar snaps. My mom would add a tablespoon or two of sugar but I've taken to replacing most of that with splenda. It needs at least pinch of the real thing though for the right kind of glossy, almost like a glaze, sauce that comes together. Add kosher salt to taste as they cook, tossing or stirring faily often.<BR/><BR/>Hitting just the right cooking time is an eye/nose exercise. They're perfect when the pods have become translucent with a few sporting a bit of brown that came from sitting on the bottom of the pan just a bit longer than the others. They have a sweet growing things sort of smell that always takes me back to that six weeks or so in March and April that you can actually harvest them here in Atlanta where the summers comes hot and early.<BR/><BR/>Add garlic, red pepper flakes, and substitute half (or all) of the butter with olive oil and you've got my favorite green bean prep method. My wife's old southern family turns up their nose at these when we make them on thanksgiving perferring the cast iron pot, ham hock, cook all day until mush method.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1151088447957874952006-06-23T13:47:00.000-05:002006-06-23T13:47:00.000-05:00Oh no. You should try again some time. Picked at...Oh no. You should try again some time. Picked at the right time, they are so sweet and good. I train them on a bamboo teepee and they do fine. I ate about a pint of them last night right of the vine as I was weeding.meresy_ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586109095715179608noreply@blogger.com