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GIVE PEAS A CHANCE!
M
ost of us have
been familiar
with peas since
childhood, and
have finally
found the skills to scoop them up
without them rolling off our cutlery and
bouncing all over the floor. It's just as
well, as they're a fab food.
Our fondness of peas may be DNAdeep, as
the oldest pea ever found was
nearly 3,000 years old and discovered
on the border of Burma and Thailand.
While that pea was inedible, green peas
are one of the most nutritious leguminous
vegetables.
Green peas are winter crops. Fresh
peas are readily sold from December
until April in the markets. Green-peas
are at their best soon after their harvest
since much of sugar content in the seeds
rapidly converted into starch. If you have
to store at all, place them in the vegetable
compartment inside your fridge, set at
high relative humidity where they keep
fresh for 2-3 days. Frozen peas can be
stored for several months.
Peas contain no fat, no cholesterol
and almost no sodium. Peas flaunt
twice the protein of most vegetables,
so they're the ideal substitute for fattier
protein sources, therefore helping
control your fat intake. Their iron content