On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 07:18:52 -0700, graham > wrote:

> On 05/12/2015 12:13 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 21:06:07 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I do love fresh peas though and can rarely find them for sale. I can find
> >> Sugar Snap or Snow but not the Garden type. Has anyone seen or tried these?
> >> I don't remember the brand.
> >
> > I see them during the summer every year, no I haven't tried them
> > because they look like full size (mature) peas to me - which I hate.
> > I eat petit peas and that's it. Those other things are too mealy for
> > me.
> >
> That's because they were too old when you bought them. I worked in a
> canning factory for 2 summers when I was at uni. After harvesting them,
> the peas had to arrive at the plant within a very limited time. If they
> were late, they were condemned as animal food. It was the same for the
> freezing facility in another area.
> Graham

Perhaps my taste in peas is more refined than yours because any large
pea is too old and mealy AFAIC.

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sf