[AT] OFF TOPIC Pea Crops

[charlie hill]

Charlie you might have a good idea there!

Charlie Hill

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From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:09 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] OFF TOPIC Pea Crops

> 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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