[Vella Gonzaga]

Shelling Peas​

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Who remembers shelling peas for dinner? Back then, families would sit around the table, chatting away while slowly filling the bowl with peas for the meal. It’s funny how, without all the modern conveniences, we somehow had more time. Do you remember these quiet, simple moments?

 

[Suzanne rose]

I used to help my nan shell peas. I also remember her sometimes adding mint leaves to the pot .
She used to also add bi carb soda to the water

 

[Annette V]

We had a wonderful veggie garden including peas when I was a child. I recall my lovely mum asking me to whistle whilst shelling them so I wouldn’t eat as many. It sort of worked… I still love, love, love raw peas to this day.🫛

 

[Still Ebby]

We had a wonderful veggie garden including peas when I was a child. I recall my lovely mum asking me to whistle whilst shelling them so I wouldn’t eat as many. It sort of worked… I still love, love, love raw peas to this day.🫛

l love raw peas straight out of the pod. Mum would always get us to sing when we peeled them.
We just scold the frozen ones just to dethaw them

 

[magpie1]

My Grandfather grew ours in the backyard, with so much more....I used to love sitting in the rows of plants picking them off and eating them....then Mum would start shelling them for dinner and I would eat them like crazy.....who said it's hard to get kids to eat their veggies?

 

[PeeJay35]

Our mother made us whistle while we shelled the peas. If the whistling stopped she would know we had started to eat them!
Raw peas were a great eat.

 

[Still Ebby]

My Grandfather grew ours in the backyard, with so much more....I used to love sitting in the rows of plants picking them off and eating them....then Mum would start shelling them for dinner and I would eat them like crazy.....who said it's hard to get kids to eat their veggies?

My mum had an allotment where you can rent a piece of land. She grew peas etc.One day she came back from there really peeved someone had helped themselves to a ready to eat cauliflower.

 

[Bezz]

i loved shelling the peas when I was a kid, there was always one pea for me and two for the pot.My mother used to towonder why there was never enough peas. I still prefer uncooked peas to cooked ones!!

 

[Bezz]

I used to help my nan shell peas. I also remember her sometimes adding mint leaves to the pot .
She used to also add bi carb soda to the water

Bi carb soda destroys the vitamin C. You should add the peas to boiling water to keep them a nice bright green.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Bi carb soda destroys the vitamin C. You should add the peas to boiling water to keep them a nice bright green.

I steam all my vegetables and would never use bi carb in them

 

[havingadoggyday]

Yes m you to say if you wanna help,shell the peas!!!!!!!
Great memories but sad at the same time

 

[havingadoggyday]

My mum had an allotment where you can rent a piece of land. She grew peas etc.One day she came back from there really peeved someone had helped themselves to a ready to eat cauliflower.

That's a reason to riot!!
No messing around with other peoples veggie patch

 

[Still Ebby]

That's a reason to riot!!
No messing around with other peoples veggie patch

My poor mum was really upset and the incident just just stuck in my memory