Julia Altshuler wrote:

> The winter up here was so cold this year that I got out as soon as I
> could in April to plant something, anything; I didn't care as long as I
> was digging. I planted peas which the package said could go in the
> ground early. Yesterday I harvested peas. I don't think I'd ever
> tasted them fresh before. I've always found the frozen ones to be
> edible but nothing like this. These were candy just shelled and eaten raw.
> I tossed them around in a little butter with carrots yesterday just long
> enough to get them heated, then added some cream and grated cheese and
> combined that with pasta. Very good.
> I'd like more ideas. I'd put them raw in salads (I grew lettuce too),
> but they're hard to capture with a fork. I understand that overcooking
> is the enemy of fresh peas. Stir fried with other vegetables and served
> over rice? I feel like I've got gold and don't want to waste it. I
> have enough for about 3-4 more meals.
> --Lia

I pickled crisp new sugar snap peas (a different pea altogether) and loved
them. Then I pickled regular peas when I bought the wrong kind in a blond
moment. Whatever you do, don't pickle them. They weren't awful, but they
weren't great either.
Edrena