SC - weird Anglo/Saxon question

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/22/99 3:30:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lcm at efn.org 
writes:

<< I am still mystified (and no, I don't have the
 original of the text)- were there snow peas in A/S England? >>

It is probable that a similar pea if not the same one was cultivated there. 
Snow peas are a cultivated pea with flat edible pods that is classified with 
the snap pea as a variety (Pisum sativum macrocarpon).

 I am unsure at this point until I look it up whether this variety dates 
earlier than snap peas or not. But throughout most of Europe peas in the pod 
were the rule not the exception for eating fresh although there are a couple 
of references which indicate that podded sweet peas may have been eaten in 
Northern Italy from where they were first introduced to France in late 
period. 

Consumption of green shelled peas does not appear to be the norm throughout 
the rest of Europe until well after period although shelled dry peas and, 
probably, peas in the pod were common fare.

Ras
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