Snap peas are sweet and tender. Sugar snaps are most flavorful cooked briefly, but they also can be eaten raw. Snap peas are also called sugar peas. How to Choose Snap Peas Select snap peas that have plump, crisp pods that are medium to dark green. Pods should be glossy, bulging and have a distinct…
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How to Cook and Serve Snow Peas
Snow peas are edible-podded peas: you eat the seed and pod whole. You can use snow peas in the same way as fresh peas or green beans. In fact, snow peas and green beans are interchangeable in most recipes. The peak season for snow peas is spring and then again in fall. How to Choose…
How to Cook and Serve Garden Peas
Garden peas—also commonly called English peas or green peas—are one of the first vegetables harvested in spring. They are best picked as soon as the pods fill out and the peas inside are fat and round. Petit pois or baby peas are small-seeded garden peas. They include peas that are simply picked very early but…
Peas: Kitchen Basics
There are two kinds of peas: shelling peas that are shelled and the seeds are eaten either fresh or dried, and edible pod peas, peas that can be eaten whole–pod and seeds together–or shelled and the seeds eaten alone. See also: How to Cook and Serve Garden Peas How to Cook and Serve Snow Peas…
How to Cook and Serve Fava Beans
The fava bean—which is also known as the broad bean, English bean, Windsor bean, and horsebean–can be eaten fresh or dried. As fava beans mature, their flavor grows increasingly starchy and strong. The smallest beans—less than the size of a small fingernail—are the sweetest. The outer skins of medium- and large-sized fava beans have a…
Yard-long Beans: Kitchen Basics
Long beans can be eaten raw or cooked. Sliced long beans can be added raw to salads similar to French haricots verts. Long beans can be steamed or sautéed as a side dish. They can be added to soups and stews. Long beans have a chewy, crunchy texture–more so than snap beans–and a flavor reminiscent…
