Dry Peas
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Willy Nilly

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12,511 posts

195 months

Sunday 6th May 2012
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I like peas in slow cooked soup. Ages ago I bought some dry marrow fat peas from a leading supermarket, but they don't stock them anymore but I have found some in a little shop in town. Super.

Anyway, we grow the things. 150 acres or so. harvest them dry with the combine and put them in a bin, etc.

They are grown for seed to be planted, but is there any reason I can't scoop a few out of a bin and make soup from them?

saxomad

34 posts

180 months

Sunday 6th May 2012
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they are sold are seed, to be planted. Then what is done with them. i presume cattle feed or for human consumption

I would of presumed, they wont kill you, worse case they may not taste the best?

Willy Nilly

Original Poster:

12,511 posts

195 months

Monday 7th May 2012
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They are all vining varieties (we used to vine them but are too far from the canning plant), one of the varieties we grow was Marrowfat, so I guess that they'd be OK

Mobile Chicane

21,976 posts

240 months

Monday 7th May 2012
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My guess is that seed might have been treated with pesticide. I wouldn't eat it.