"MaryL" > wrote in message
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> Same here. I grew up in northeast Ohio, and we saw Fordhooks much more
> often than baby limas. Here's another variation: we often had peas as
> one of our vegetables, and we just called them "peas." When I moved to
> Texas years ago, I suddenly saw a wide variety of peas and learned that I
> needed to specify "English peas" or at least "green peas" to get the type
> I was used to.

I remember ordering peas in a TX restaurant as a child and being
disappointed when I got black eyed peas. I did like those as well but I had
my tastebuds all set on the English peas.