Peas, Peas, Peas!
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Okay, I need some help here. "The employee" decided he really didn't want to mess with the peas, so he picked them all Saturday. These are not the Sugar Ann's, but look very similar. As you can see, there are some that are too small to shell. Also, I have a couple of quarts shelled, I have to deal with. My questions are:

How do I freeze the shelled peas?

Can I use the small ones in stir fry like sugar snaps or snow peas?

Can I freeze the whole ones, and if so, how?

And do any of you have ideas other than cooking the shelled ones in butter and water and stir fry for the little whole ones?

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Daphne
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  Re: Peas, Peas, Peas! by Gourmet_Mom (Okay, I need some he...)
I'm not positive about the other questions, but for sure you can use the little undeveloped ones in stir fry. I know you can freeze the shelled peas, I think you need to blanch a minute or two first. I will go look that up.
As for freezing the unshelled, not sure but will guess no, cuz what could you do with them, defrost and then shell them, could be yucky, then again, maybe not.
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  Re: Re: Peas, Peas, Peas! by farnfam (I'm not positive abo...)
I was thinking blanching was the way to go for the shelled ones. As for freezing the whole ones, I was referring to the little ones for stir fry. I'm guessing, just freeze as is, but want to be sure. Thanks!
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  Re: Re: Peas, Peas, Peas! by Gourmet_Mom (I was thinking blanc...)
for the little ones, I think I would still blanch, Daph.
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  Re: Re: Peas, Peas, Peas! by farnfam (for the little ones,...)
HMMMM? I guess you're probably right. I'll give it a go! Thanks again! They are very good, so I hate to waste them. I hate that I missed out on freezing some of the Sugar Ann's. William ate a lot of them, we had several batches here at the house, and I sent some home with DD over Mother's Day. I'm afraid "the employee" dug them up with the others. He figured it was too late in the year and getting too hot to keep them going. I want to plant them earlier next year.
Daphne
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  Re: Re: Peas, Peas, Peas! by Gourmet_Mom (HMMMM? I guess you'...)
Funny, when we were growing peas, I was never able to get any in the house!! Between Luther (dog), Roy and/or me they were eaten in the garden.

I had to buy them one year to put up and I also blanched them for a minute and froze on trays. If I remember correctly, I did shelled and some in the shells (for stir fries) and both worked great.
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  Re: Re: Peas, Peas, Peas! by cjs (Funny, when we were ...)
I've always shelled and blanched them. Those that didn't get eaten out of hand. Lucky you!
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