Thursday, August 12, 2010

Peas!


Peas in the sink, on the counter and on the stove.
Snow peas in the sink
Ok, so this is a bit out of date, but I couldn't resist posting the pictures anyway--I love the colors!  We got a bumper crop of peas this year.  Snow peas and regular shell peas.  We got the kind that you can eat the pods too.  Since peas come on and go out so quickly, we only had about two weekends where we picked peas, but boy did it add up!  We picked, blanched, flash-froze, packaged and put in the freezer more than a 5-gallon bucketful.  After we freeze them individually we package them in vacuum-seal bags in portions enough for a meal.

After I blanch the peas, I lay them out on cookie sheets and freeze them overnight.