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Snow peas: why aren't they peas?

Have you heard of snow peas ever? Belonging to the family of legumes el mangetout it's a plant herbaceous. Known as "snow or sugar pea" it is a early variety of the pea. Although both legumes are very similar in several aspects, they are also different in others. Do you want to know in which? You still don't know all their We take care of your rental property in Valencia. values of? Well you should, since we are in its cultivation stage. Thus, we can only find them in the early spring: end of March and beginning of April  Keep reading!

Differences between snow peas and peas

The main difference is that snow peas Are consumed integers. That is, sheath (envelope in which the seeds are enclosed) and seeds at once. Instead, in the case of the green peas, this cover that covers the plant is discarded. The reason is that it is hard and parchment. However, the sheath of the snow peas es tender, meaty edible.

 

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Snow peas green peas they also distance themselves in the way of preparing them. The former require only 3o seconds de cooking. If we spend time they will remain soggy inedible. Once cooked, we must cut the cooking with frozen water. process known as "whiten". In this way, we will slightly remove the bitterness  of the snow peas. Then we can skip them along with other ingredients. Also, we can incorporate them into a stew. However, we will do it at the end of cooking so as not to spend time.

The sugar snap peas They also have excellent nutritional properties. Just like the green peas of a lifetime an average serving of these contains almost as much protein as a Whole egg, less than 1 gram of fat nothing de cholesterol. They have high levels of fiber, though less than green peas. Regarding the minerals, el match occupies the first place on the podium in both cases. Nor can we complain about the level of vitamin C, elevated in both snow peas as in peas.

 

 

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