I'm not used to talking about this in English but in Swedish, sorry!
And my sources are in Swedish as well, and also, I'm not sure how Scandinavia-centric they are. Like, who knows if there were other varieties of peas in other parts of the world (probably there were)?
The Wikipedia entry for pea says: varieties of the species typically called field peas are grown to produce dry peas like the split pea shelled from a matured pod. These are the basis of pease porridge and pea soup, staples of medieval cuisine; in Europe, consuming fresh immature green peas [along with the walls of the pod, I assume] was an innovation of early modern cuisine.
Also: The world’s first sweet tasting pea was developed in the 18th century by amateur plant breeder Thomas Edward Knight of Downton, near Salisbury, England. This may have been the new pea strain with white flowers that I was talking about?? But Wikipedia's source is really bad, and the Wikipedia entry on that guy doesn't mention his new pea strain.
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Re: Food
Date: 2025-01-03 06:37 pm (UTC)And my sources are in Swedish as well, and also, I'm not sure how Scandinavia-centric they are. Like, who knows if there were other varieties of peas in other parts of the world (probably there were)?
The Wikipedia entry for pea says: varieties of the species typically called field peas are grown to produce dry peas like the split pea shelled from a matured pod. These are the basis of pease porridge and pea soup, staples of medieval cuisine; in Europe, consuming fresh immature green peas [along with the walls of the pod, I assume] was an innovation of early modern cuisine.
Also: The world’s first sweet tasting pea was developed in the 18th century by amateur plant breeder Thomas Edward Knight of Downton, near Salisbury, England.
This may have been the new pea strain with white flowers that I was talking about?? But Wikipedia's source is really bad, and the Wikipedia entry on that guy doesn't mention his new pea strain.
Re: Food
Date: 2025-01-03 06:41 pm (UTC)