Bohemian peas- was: [Sca-cooks] Cardamom?

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

ooh, is that where Tom Shane sends his buyers to carefully select hand-cut
carats to go with the peas too?
Christianna
taking my drink and heading for the hot tub at the rock....

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Subject: Re: Bohemian peas- was: [Sca-cooks] Cardamom?



> Is there that much difference between dried whole peas and dried split
> peas? I'm not familiar with the process of creating split peas...

It's done by specialists in Belgium, who place each individual pea
in a vice, after examining it from all angles, and with a single
blow from a chisel split the pea into exactly two parts, discarding
the husk.


Thorvald
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