After the disappointing pea harvest last year — when my peas wilted in the summer heat as soon as they began to bear pods — I found a variety described as “heat tolerant” this time around. And it paid off, as we left for a 10-day vacation in the midst of a upper-90s heat wave, and returned to … peas! The boy was so excited to pluck the first pod and asked if he could eat it right away. Of course I said yes, and was rewarded with, “These are THE BEST PEAS I’ve ever eaten!” (A ha! Finally the frozen-peas-only decree has been lifted. At least for a day.)
Over In the Kitchen with Audrey, little superstar Audrey (leader of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Group of the Week — congrats!) had her own pea epiphany this week.
The foodie bebe is already showing signs of being a pea enthusiast like her brother, but just to be safe we make sure to read this cute book as often as possible: Baby Max and Ruby Counting Peas —>
If you’ve harvested (more than one) pea(s) from your garden, try this chilled asparagus and pea soup with mint.
Your turn! If you’d like to share a photo of your kids in the garden for a future “Worm Wednesday” post, please e-mail it to foodietots@gmail.com, &/or leave a link to a recent gardening post in the comments and show us what your kids are growing!
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1 Jill // Jun 23, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Sigh. I bought peapods at the farmers market last weekend and N1 refused to eat them. On the other hand, N2 loves frozen peas, so once he has more teeth I hope to turn him onto peapods!
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// Jun 24, 2011 at 2:23 pm
@ Jill — Does he eat edamame? O usually eats snap peas edamame-style, slurping out the insides and discarding the shell.
3 Jill // Jun 28, 2011 at 8:48 am
No edamame, though I can’t say I’ve tried it with him. But he did eat some sugar snap peas at dinner last night, so there’s hope! When I told him that O liked them, he was very excited.
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4 mandy // Sep 9, 2011 at 2:24 pm
well that is a good cheer about the peas.
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5 melissaweekley@hotmail.com // Sep 9, 2011 at 2:25 pm
how long does it take peas to grow from start to finish.
6 carlyn // Oct 10, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Did you do anything different other then buying the new strain this year? I have had similar experiences to your in previous years, always losing my “crop” or when they are ready, they are barely edible – which is when I end up going to the freezer to get bad of frozen!
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7 cheap beats by dr dre // Mar 6, 2012 at 2:28 am
and on the other side, you have waterrues post-injury, who was a level below everyone else last year.