[Sca-cooks] Southern Peas (Was Pease Porridge and Field Peas)

[Bill Fisher]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:51:53 -0500, Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> 
> Been watching the thread with some interest- I think there's a bit of
> variation even in the South about the names. Last time I was in N. Carolina,
> I picked up a can of something called "field peas" from curiosity, and tried
> them. They definitely weren't black-eyed peas, with which I'm quite
> familiar. They were rather like lentils, but larger and a bit rounder- not
> as flat as a lentil, not as fat as a pea, larger than lentils or "petit
> pois" but smaller than big peas, and they were a light tan/yellow, very
> similar to the color of lentils. Tasted good- would have used them in
> anything that I might use either lentils or small beans in, but they weren't
> so outstandingly flavored that I'd ask someone to bring me a few cans, if
> they were going to N. Carolina (although I might pick up a couple cans if I
> were there and happened to think about it).
> 
> Adding to the confusion,
> 
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD


They could have been shelled pole beans.  That would fit the description.


Cadoc


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