Taking another pod she makes it pop and using her nail to split it, she then frees the peas, with the slide of her thumb, into the stainless steel bowl. Letting the empty shell fall to the floor, she picks another one.
Thank you Will, I might just give your idea a try Ruthibelle, but I have a feeling that that sticky stuff that GG mentioned might not taste so good.... and yes GG, I feel the same way. all enthusiasm at the beginning and sore at the end. I don't like the little caterpillars either!
hi Glennis, nice to see you here, ah yes, think we might be speaking of different 'peas'. ours grow on a little tree and have to be cooked, or you can leave them to dry ....the shelling thing is the same though :)
Taking another pod
love it!
ReplyDeleteI dislike doing that immensely ... why can't we just boil them with the shells on??
ReplyDeleteI always start out feeling good, doing this. After a while, the finger that opens the pod gets sticky, and sore between skin and nail.
ReplyDeleteThank you Will,
ReplyDeleteI might just give your idea a try Ruthibelle, but I have a feeling that that sticky stuff that GG mentioned might not taste so good....
and yes GG, I feel the same way. all enthusiasm at the beginning and sore at the end. I don't like the little caterpillars either!
I love this poem. I can imagine it in a meditative sound loop as one shells the peas over and over...
ReplyDeleteI just planted my peas a few days ago.
peggy thank you..for getting exactly where and how this poem came from..................
ReplyDeletehope you enjoy yours xxx
Shelling peas is one of my more favorite jobs, I don't like to eat them raw I just like podding the peas.
ReplyDeletehi Glennis, nice to see you here, ah yes, think we might be speaking of different 'peas'. ours grow on a little tree and have to be cooked, or you can leave them to dry ....the shelling thing is the same though :)
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