[AT] OFF TOPIC Pea Crops

[Charlie V]

I understand now, Charlie.  Just like the bin full of white pea beans we had
in the pantry when I was a kid. Wash them, soak them for a couple of hours,
then cook them.  From Ralph's description it sounds like they might be good
for loading into shotgun shells for training trespassers.  Probably would
not rust the barrel like rock salt does.  (grin).

Charlie V.

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:06 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> Charlie,  they are eaten like dry lima beans or black eye peas.  Soak them
> in water then simmer them for a couple of hours in water seasoned with some
> salt pork or whatever.  Makes a nice bean soup.
>
> Charlie Hill
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:10 AM
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> Subject: Re: [AT] OFF TOPIC Pea Crops
>
> > Well, Ralph, it seems your product is not going to the fresh freezing or
> > canning market.  What is the end use?  Seed?  or animal feed ?? or  ???
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Charlie V.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >> >
> >> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 6:01 AM
> >> Subject: [AT] OFF TOPIC Pea Crops
> >>
> >>
> >> > The pea trucks would often be overloaded enough to allow some bunches
> >> > of
> >> > pea
> >> > vines to drop off along the roads on the way to the vinery.  As kids,
> >> > we
> >> > would spend considerable time picking the dropped vines and filling
> the
> >> > front baskets of our bikes.  What a great treat it was to sit in the
> >> shade
> >> > ,
> >> > pick the pods from the vines and eat the fresh peas as we shelled
> them.
> >> > If
> >> > we could get a large enough collection, we took them home and shelled
> >> them
> >> > for Mom to cook for dinner.  In my opinion at the time, cooking
> spoiled
> >> > the
> >> > peas, so most were eaten under the shade tree.
> >> >
> >> > Charlie V. in WNY
> >>
> >> Charlie, when they harvest the peas here, ususally in August, they are
> >> hard
> >> as stones and not the kind of thing you'd want to be chewing on. In fact
> >> they tend to wear the moving parts of the combines more so than ordinary
> >> cereal grains. They have to be dry for threshing and storage.
> >>
> >> Ralph in Sask.
> >>
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