National Enquirer as documentation (was: SC - Cabbages and Chard)

[Par Leijonhufvud]

At 12:47 PM -0500 6/8/97, Dottie Elliott wrote:

>Is this field pea period then?  Or should I use small green peas?  I am
>trying to determine what is best to use (when I can find it) when a
>period recipe calls for peas or grene peas.

I don't know; as I said, McGee isn't clear about when our variety
developed. My inclination is to use either modern green peas or split peas,
but I am not at all sure either is correct. Does anyone else have more
accurate information?


David/Cariadoc
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