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[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

We  get our field peas at  Southern State, a  farm supply place nearby. 
If you can't find a local source you can mail order them. Try searching 
online, too.
Here in NC, these fall-planted peas will stay green all winter providing 
food in the form of pea shoots, the growing tips which are delicious in 
salads or stir fries.  

Allan Balliett wrote:

> Sharon - Would the 'gray peas' be what are currently known as 
> 'Austrian Field Peas' and commonly available wherever cover crops are 
> sold? -Allan
>
> > In the  "The Oxford/Penguin Companion to Food" (ed. by Alan
> > Davidson) in the section on peas it says that the
> > common peas in Europe up to the 16th century were "field peas", also
> > known as "grey peas", and that the "garden peas", the green peas we
> > eat today, were not commonly grown until the 16th century.
> >
> > Does anyone know about the differences in these peas and any sources 
> > for the
> > grey peas?
> >
> > Sharon
> > gordonse@one.net
> >
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