On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:15:34 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

> On Oct 29, 7:08*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > On Oct 29, 6:07*am, Gary > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > sf wrote:
> >
> > > > 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.
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > > I've also wondered about that because I never see them in the grocery store
> > > anymore.
> >
> > > Gary
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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

I figured out that marrowfat peas are really just mature English peas
(which I guess are better known as "garden peas" to them) that have
been allowed to dry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrowfat_peas but
here's an interesting article - if you're interested in the topic of
"peas"
http://adambalic.typepad.com/the_art...aple_peas.html

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