Whoops mix up!

[mandyballantyne]

Hi,

I have mixed up my peas and mange tout! Both of which have grown well and have peas in.............. Is it ok to eat the outer pod of a pea? Have picked and plan to steam what ever it is whole...

Ta much , M x

[rustylady]

The outer pod of an ordinary pea won't do you any harm Mandy, but may be very stringy.

[zazen999]

You can usually tell because mange tout are more squeaky than peas.

[veggiechicken]

The shape of the pod is usually different. Mangetout are broad and flat with a little row of pea bumps on one edge while peas have their pea bumps in the middle of the pod - its a narrower pod too.
If you leave a pod to develop on each plant, you'll soon tell which is which!

[mandyballantyne]

Thanks everyone,

They just have grown so much over the last few days! Think they are mange tout as described but will eat anyway ;-)

M x

[Patchninja]

I wouldn't eat a pea pod. I would have thought it would be nasty and hard!

[veggiechicken]

They're crunchy when young - perfectly edible - especially if you remove the strings along the sides (like stringing beans) I eat them straight off the plant

[Bren In Pots]

We're eating Purple Podded peas as mange tout they're lovely and sweet so long as we pick them small.

[WilliamD]

These are from a packet (Aldi) marked as 'Pois Mangetout'. But left unattended while we were on holiday, have plumped up into nice looking peas.

[rustylady]

So how were they Mandy?