[Sca-cooks] Hello! and questions...

[Daniel Myers]

On Monday, October 7, 2002, at 01:41 PM, Jeff Gedney wrote:

>>    Also, re this recipe, there have been numerous discussions on this
>>    list as to just what "white peas" means. Some folks wonder if they
>>    actually had peas that were white. Since the word "white" is often
>>    used to imply "clean, other cooks think it means dried green peas
>>    with their skins removed.
>
> I though we came to the conclusion on this list a few years ago that
> "white"
> peas referred to green peas with the whitish papery hulls still in
> place...

Why not assume that "white peas" actually means white peas?  They're
readily available in dried form in many ethnic food markets (e.g. as
Vatana in Indian markets).  I even found 5 pound bags in the local
grocery store.



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