Pea Greens
I am just back from my first CSA pick up (very excited, I am going to try a pork stir fry with snap peas and arugula for dinner) and got to thinking about the pea shoots/greens that they had. I have planted snap peas in my garden and the plants are growing like crazy, they have outgrown their stakes and have started falling over. There are no flowers yet, but my fingers are crossed. I am wondering how I can go about using the greens. Do I have to wait for the peas to be picked and then take the greens? It doesn't seem like I could cut the greens now since I do not know where the flowers will be. Vegetable gardening is new to me and I am definitely learning as I go. I didn't even realize pea greens were eaten until I saw them at the Farmer's Market last year. I assumed they were just finding a way to make money on leftover plants, but they were so good. Any advice for what may be a silly question? Now I am going to out and try to get them staked back up.
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4 Comments:
On the farm where I work we only use very baby pea plants (maybe a couple inches tall) for their greens to go in our baby salad mix. I'm not really sure if you can use them any larger than this, perhaps someone else has tried it? You might need to cook them but it would be worth a try!
swampyankee at 3:50PM on 06/20/09
When I went out to stake them back up I realized that the leaves really are pretty big and might not be as useful as I thought. I'll see if anyone else has any info and keep hoping for flowers! Thank you swampyankee.
mrsmoosie at 4:18PM on 06/20/09
How big are the leaves? Pick a few and see how they taste! I loved the pea shoots I got several weeks ago. Maybe they're still good.
ride&cook at 6:44PM on 06/20/09
we ate some of the leaves from the sugar snap peas .... you just have to taste them to see that they are not tough. they're very sweet and delicious. now there are pea shoots - which are the newly sprouted green from a pea.... they are very tender and delicious and if you have the opportunity to get your hands on some, you should. mmm....
pooch at 6:20PM on 06/21/09