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On Oct 29, 7:08*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Oct 29, 6:07*am, Gary > wrote:
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> > sf wrote:

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> > > I've never seen brown peas before. *If I did, I must have thought they
> > > were something else. *When I have a ham bone, I use split peas which
> > > are green - or any of a dozen or more other beans to make soup.

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> > They must have sold them more often back in the early 60's? *When I was a
> > kid (elementary school), pea-shooters were popular with us fellows. *It was
> > just a large diameter plastic straw that came with a supply of "ammo." *We
> > used to get more ammo from the grocery store...one pound bags of nice round
> > tan peas.

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> > I've also wondered about that because I never see them in the grocery store
> > anymore.

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> > Gary

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> They were probably pigeon peas. * *Mostly you fund them where people
> make peas and riceo on a regular basis. *More Caribbean oriented
> foods. * Here's a pic.
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> http://www.trimurtigroup.com/images/...uct_pigeon.jpg


So this got me to poking around about pigeon peas. What a cool
plant. If you live in the Southerly climes you should look at
growing some.

http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/pigeon-pea.html