"graham" > wrote in message
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> "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

The trouble at my house with fresh peas is that very few of them make it to
the pot! I love eating them right from the vine, pods and all. And so did
my old cat, Maui. I'd put her on her leash, walk her to the peas and she
would just start eating!

Corn is the same way. Best done picked fresh and cooked right away.