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I’m doing CSA for the first time this summer, aka community supported agriculture, meaning every week I get a box of seasonal organic produce from a local farm. The best thing so far: last week’s bing cherries. Best cherries I’ve ever had in my life. This week there are yellow cherries, and they are good, but a little on the sweet side for my taste. But what I want to ask you about are shell peas. Which I guess are the same as pea peas. Just regular green peas, they are? Apparently I can eat them raw, in salads, add to stir-fries, make soup, whatever I want! What would you do? Maybe I should do something with shell peas plus the fresh garlic that also came in CSA…
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I also get organic produce delivered weekly, and I love it! I got Bing cherries last week, and they were unbelievably delicious. This week, kiwi and Yukon gold potatoes are the best. I haven’t gotten peas yet, but I have found that fresh local organics taste at least 100 times better than traditional produce. Not only is the produce local, the delivery service is based in a town about 10 minutes from my home. If there are other readers from Michigan, check out http://Michigan.doortodoororganics.com. They are reasonably priced and offer all sorts of customizable boxes.
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Peas AND garlic? Too good. When my parents did CSA I remember them getting a whole lotta kale…enough to make me doubt that I, with my wee family of two, could benefit. But I do love me the Bing cherries. Hmmm…time to reconsider?
I love peas in tuna noodle casserole…my all-time favorite food until I got old enough to realize, dude, why is this my favorite food? Anyway, I think the peas are the only healthy thing IN tuna noodle casserole, so maybe that’s not a great suggestion. Oh! I have heard that fresh peas are complemented by mint, though I’ve never tried it.
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Four year CSA vet here
My growing conviction is that with produce this good the less you do to it, the better. God makes good food, so I like just getting out of the way. With the peas, added to the last few minutes of a nice aglio y olio pasta dish is nice. (Or as we’ve come to say in our house, “some pasta”)
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“Slipping Peas”
Cook the peas in their pods with just a bit of salt and a pinch of sugar.
Drain the peas and then serve.
Eat by putting pod in your mouth and slipping the peas out of the pod.
Best way to eat fresh peas in the pod.
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