Fresh peas, any ideas what to do with the empty pods?

[Paper Roses]

I buy pea pods all the time for stir fry. Today a friend gave me a bunch of fresh (developed) peas just picked from the garden. I am going to shell them and use the peas. Any good ideas about what to do with these developed pods?

I would love to use them in something but am afraid they might be too tough for my stir fry. It seems a waste to throw the naked pods away.

Do you use these pods? Love a recipe if you have one.

[Kali]

1. you can just eat them raw if they aren't stringy/tough

try one and see how it is, if edible raw you can use in stir fry, soup, whatever

LUCKY! hard to get them where I am.

[Warpy]

2. Yes, use them in fresh pea soup

At the end of cooking, put them through a food mil to separate out all the strings and other fiber.

One of the best pea soups I've ever had was a pea pod soup after the peas were shelled, blanched and frozen. It works a lot better than people think it does. One caveat, though, if you've used insecticide on the pea patch, toss them.

[NJCher]

3. I've seen them stuffed with cream cheese

for an appetizer. Add toasted walnuts. Yum.

If you do that, I'd put them in iced water before making them. They are terrific when they are crispy.

If you get lazy, one thing you could do is put them in your scrap vegetable bag in the freezer and later make vegetable soup stock from them.


Cher

[PeaceNikki]

4. Save it and all your veggie scraps for broth.