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liz

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 66
Location: Aberdeenshire

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 10 9:52 am Post subject: Drying Peas

Has anyone had a go at drying their own peas? I don't like eating them when they get too big in the pod and I have dried them out very slowly with the oven door ajar until they are hard and wrinkled.

Now what to do with them, I would like to experiment and have a go at growing them next year, has anyone tried this? or will they be ok as plain old dried peas to add to casseroles etc. or has the drying been a complete waste of time?

thanks for any help or advice.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 10 9:55 am Post subject:
The dried peas you buy for cooking will certainly germinate if you soak them, though I've never tried growing them on beyond that. I don't see why they wouldn't be fine for casseroles though.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 10 10:07 am Post subject:
The dried peas you buy have usually been harvested dry in the pod (with perhaps a little artificial drying to bring them down to a moisture content for optimum storage (14-16%), depending upon harvesting conditions) and because they've been grown for this purpose the varieties used will be better suited to this, although I've harvested dried on the plant garden peas before.

liz

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 66
Location: Aberdeenshire

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 10 10:39 am Post subject:
Thanks for your replies. It looks like I should have left them on the plants to dry and not have artificially dried them. Never mind I'm still going to give it a try next year to see if they will sprout. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 10 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Drying Peas

liz wrote:

Now what to do with them, I would like to experiment and have a go at growing them next year, has anyone tried this?

They should be fine as seed for next year's garden, assuming that they aren't from a hybrid variety (think Mendel), and that you've let them mature enough on the plant before drying them (and maybe even if you haven't). Were the pods at least somewhat dried down before you dried them further? If you'd like to save it for seed, it's worth doing a germination test on at least 10 seeds - sprout them as you would most any seed, either in a pot of soil, or rolled up in a moist paper towel, or whatever normally works well for you. If you get a good germination rate (or for the purposes of home gardening, any germination really) pop the whole lot of dried down seed into the freezer for a couple of weeks to make sure you've killed any weevils or other nasty critters that might destroy the seed over winter.

liz

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 66
Location: Aberdeenshire

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 10 11:26 am Post subject:
Thank you Slim, I will try that.

darkbrowneggs

Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Posts: 663
Location: Worcestershire

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 10 9:13 pm Post subject:
Hi - Does anyone know where I could buy whole peas for stock feed, here Herefordshire/Worcestershire I can only seem to get micronized peas, and I wanted to try sprouting them as chicken feed Thanks if anyone can help Sue

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 10 7:10 am Post subject:
Saw Alys Fowler sprouting peas on tv recently - she just used a bog standard box of dried peas from the supermarket.

darkbrowneggs

Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Posts: 663
Location: Worcestershire

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 10 7:42 am Post subject:
Sorry - Didnt explain properly - I was thinking of at least a couple of hundredweight, or even a ton bag direct from the farm? All the best Sue

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 10 7:47 am Post subject:
Ah... might need more than a box or two then...

king rat

Joined: 29 Nov 2007
Posts: 79

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 10:56 pm Post subject:
Try Sainsbury's wasabi peas. I eat loads of them, a pound a pack and really good snack value

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 11:02 pm Post subject:

king rat wrote:

Try Sainsbury's wasabi peas. I eat loads of them, a pound a pack and really good snack value

great value, mainly because unlikie ust about any other snack i get myself, no bugger will nick my wasabi peas more than once

king rat

Joined: 29 Nov 2007
Posts: 79

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 11:08 pm Post subject:
Ha Ha, have you tried a big handful at one go for the wasabi rush ??? It certainly clears the tubes

mochasidamo

Joined: 22 Sep 2005
Posts: 615
Location: Montgomery

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 10:47 pm Post subject:
Mmm...wasabi peas....

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 10:51 pm Post subject:
mmm wasabi there's no rush quite like it

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