Peas

[Floogeldy]

I love peas. But where are peas in the grand scheme of things?

Peanut butter is not from peas. There is no pea flour. There are no pea tortillas. No pea salad. No pea sandwich.

Peas are healthy. But where is pea milk? Where is pea bread?

Something is wrong because I love peas but the only option I have is to eat, well, peas.

Where is Haagen Dazs Pea Ice Cream when I am wondering about it, and why?

[Heidi]

1. There _is_ pea salad.

I love peas, too. :)

[BikeWriter]

6. English peas, with chopped boiled eggs, onions, and Miracle whip...

A dash of salt and black pepper and I'm good to go.

[Floogeldy]

7. That's egg salad with peas.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it no matter how wrong I am.

B-)

[Heidi]

8. Yum.

Ingredients
Green Peas (defrosted)
Corn Kernals (preferably canned)
Diced Red Peppers
Medium shell pasta
Diced, boiled eggs, or diced ham
Reduced Calorie Ranch Dressing (or mixture of 1 cup mayo or Miracle Whip mixed with 1 cup sour cream.)

Instructions
After the peas have defrosted, mix with corn, diced red peppers, medium shells and pour in a liberal amount of reduced calorie ranch dressing.
Mix until well coated.

[Floogeldy]

9. That is one beautiful pasta salad.

Delicious, I'm sure!

;)

[Heidi]

11. Why must you insist on defining a salad

by its most homely componenent? Calling this fine assemblage a "pasta salad" denies it the justice which is its birthright. :shrug:

[Floogeldy]

27. Did you just call pasta "homely?"

That's awesome.

;)

[Heidi]

33. If you lived where I do,

you'd get your fill of pasta pretty dang quick. It's the "chicken fried" of southern Switzerland. ;)

[Floogeldy]

34. I actually have been wanting to ask you about that, Heidi.

What is in the stores/markets there? I'm curious about that. I hope it is all good.

I mean, do you get Shredded Wheat, peanut butter, good beef, or what?

:)

[Heidi]

35. Two funny stories.

Check this out. When I first moved here and went grocery shopping for the first time, I came home totally grossed out, and asked my mother-in-law, "Who buys tomato and mayonnaise flavored toothpaste?!?!?" (I didn't know that many condiments here are available in a tube.)



Another time, we were having a big family dinner with Mr. Heidi's family, and the "mystery meat" was served. Being adamant in my refusal to eat any animal that I consider "domestic," I asked my mother-in-law, "What's the meat?" She replied, in German, "Schwein," which I misunderstood to mean, "Swan." :puke: I was OK after I learned it was pork. :eyes:

Yeah, grocery stores here do have good meat, including beef, veal, pork, lamb, turkey and chicken (which I sometimes eat), as well as rabbit, horse and "wild" (which can be anything wild) which I _do not_ eat. :shrug:

[Floogeldy]

36. Ha ha!

Ain't life grand? ;)

Thanks for the info. I am confident that you are better off there.

[Heidi]

37. Wherever I go . . .

there I yam! :P

[BikeWriter]

12. That sounds delicious!

[Heidi]

As usual . . .

my mother is late with her "summer care package from home," so my pea salads this summer have contained neither Miracle Whip nor Ranch dressing. :cry:

[BikeWriter]

16. Oh no! How can you live without them?

[Heidi]

22. I have a stretchy philosophy about such things.

It involves sour cream and mayonaise. :cry:

[BikeWriter]

29. Owie! Well, that's almost as good.

:(

[BikeWriter]

14. Dupe

[BikeWriter]

10. I add tuna to it sometimes. Mmm!

[Floogeldy]

17. I'm a big fan ot tuna salad, myself.

;)

[BikeWriter]

26. Me, too. I buy the cans by the dozens when on sale.

[Roon]

2. I eat peas cold

straight from the can. My boyfriend says I remind him of a hobo.

[Akoto]

3. My favorite is ...

Sugar snap peas, still in the pods, sauteed in butter and given a sprinkling of salt. :9

[evlbstrd]

4. Can you imagine...

radio ads for Pea Ice Cream?

[auntAgonist]

5. omg ..creamed peas on toast!!!

I LOVE 'em.

you haven't lived till you've had creamed peas on toast.


:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. OOOhhh..creamed peas on toast!

I'd forgotten that! I don't think I've had that in over 40 years...

Sounds wonderful...

Thank you....:hug:

[auntAgonist]

28. When my son visits

He has 2 requests. Creamed peas on toast, and for breakfast sausage gravy and homemade biscuits.

Creamed peas were so EASY to make and so good made with fresh from the garden peas. I always chopped hard boiled eggs into them.

so YUMMY!!


:hi: Peggy, good to see you :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Peas on Earth

And goodwill to humanity...

[BikeWriter]

19. Visualize whirled peas.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

20. We posted at the same time!!

[BikeWriter]

24. Yep, we were on the same wave length, I guess.

:)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. Visualize Whirled Peas.

[BikeWriter]

21. GMTA!

[WCGreen]

23. have that tee shirt....

[auntAgonist]

25. Peas .. every way imagineable!

http://fp.enter.net/~rburk/vegetables/peas/pea_recipes__all_about_food.htm

[Floogeldy]

30. I'm seriously considering the pea burrito.

;)

[Heidi]

31. Picture this: green pea ice cream. (Recipe included)

Recipe, tips and tricks here: http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/vegetables/relais/greenpeaice.htm

[Floogeldy]

32. This is great!

It's got to be at least as good as Pistachio.

:)