[Sca-cooks] Hello! and questions...
Daniel Myers
doc at medievalcookery.com
Mon Oct 7 18:44:06 PDT 2002
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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Edouard Halidai (Daniel Myers)
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