Peas and Pod for food

July 17th 2023 Some large peas

Large peas


Commonly peas are taken from the pods and the pods discarded. This leaves maybe 60% of the weight for food.

However the pods are the fruit and the outer part is edible. The pods require snapping length ways and the inner fibrous part remove. This increases the edible part to 90%

Peas with outer fruit

The 'inedible' fibre

Peas and rice with tamari sauce.