Chuck Bao
10/3/2012, 02:08 AM
I gathered the first mess of (purple hull? blackeyed? unknown species?) peas from my mom’s fall garden over the weekend. They’re twice the size of normal peas and…okay just look at the pic...they’re not anything like what we’ve previously grown.
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy301/ghuebsch62/mutantpeasresized640x467.jpg
We shelled them (yeah, they were very easy to shell, like popping bubble wrap) and plan to cook them tomorrow. My mom was all “never seen such pretty peas”. But, would you eat them or not?
I decided to wait to see if they’d put out another mess of strange peas. There are mistakes in nature, obviously, so don’t want to over-react. When I gathered them this morning, we’re still getting giant peas on steroids.
I’m going to go back to the nursery in Kingston that sold me the seed and ask if they’re supposed to look like this. They supposedly sold me purple hull back in July. If they don’t know, I may be bold enough to go the Noble Foundation’s ag research center in Ardmore and ask them what happened. Anyone know before I make a complete fool of myself and let my food paranoia get the best of me?
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy301/ghuebsch62/mutantpeasresized640x467.jpg
We shelled them (yeah, they were very easy to shell, like popping bubble wrap) and plan to cook them tomorrow. My mom was all “never seen such pretty peas”. But, would you eat them or not?
I decided to wait to see if they’d put out another mess of strange peas. There are mistakes in nature, obviously, so don’t want to over-react. When I gathered them this morning, we’re still getting giant peas on steroids.
I’m going to go back to the nursery in Kingston that sold me the seed and ask if they’re supposed to look like this. They supposedly sold me purple hull back in July. If they don’t know, I may be bold enough to go the Noble Foundation’s ag research center in Ardmore and ask them what happened. Anyone know before I make a complete fool of myself and let my food paranoia get the best of me?