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Why do some kids hate peas?
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> On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:53:12 -0500, James Silverton
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>>On 1/31/2015 3:49 PM, wrote:
>>> Fresh ones, newly cooked, I mean.
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>>> Or frozen ones, for that matter - those taste fine to me.
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>>> I understand canned ones can taste nasty - but so does canned spaghetti,
>>> to me, at least.
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>>> Lenona.
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>>De gustibus, I suppose!
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>>Some kids hate Lima beans, both of mine did, whereas my wife and I liked
>>them. Everyone in my family dislikes canned peas but frozen ones are
>>fine. Don't many British people like pureed cooked peas ("Mushy" or
>>something?) I hated Brussels Sprouts as a kid and later until I learned
>>that 4 minutes is long enough to cook them. I still dislike most greens:
>>Kale, Chard, Broccoli, Beet greens; you name them! *Green* Asparagus is
>>great!
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> Mushy peas are previously dried peas that are re-hydrated then cooked
> to a mush. They don't puree them, just cook them to death 
.... and need lots of malt vinegar sprinkled on ) James in originally from
UK so I expect he knows
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