"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>
> They are on the menu for tonight, along with BBQed shrimp. We had some
> last night and I have to admit that when I looked at my plate and saw what
> looked like frozen peas, but a little lighter than usual, I thought what
> the heck is going on that we are having freezer burned frozen peas. I was
> so wrong. They were not frozen peas. They were fresh and I have to say
> they were the best peas I ever ate in my life.
>
> I phoned my brother who hates peas and told him to get over to the fruit
> and vegetable stand where my wife had bought the peas. I told him they
> were certain to change his mind about pea.
>
The trouble with fresh peas is that they start to deteriorate as soon as
they are picked, becoming hard.
I worked in a canning factory many years ago and the trucks carrying peas
from the field to the factory were timed and if they went over a certain
limit the peas were condemned. Every day a techie went out to the fields
with a "tenderometer" to make sure that the peas were harvested at optimum
tenderness.
Graham