Well, That's Alright, Then!

Given my disappointment at the taste of the fresh PEAS (stephens) yesterday, I wondered what I could find out about them – after all, if they were the world’s best mushy peas, say, then they wouldn’t necessarily be good straight from the plant.

I could find very little on line about the variety, but they were offered out by the HSL a couple of years ago, so I dug out the catalogue, which says this about them:

“Originating in Yorkshire this variety looks like a pea but has a flavour similar to runner beans. This tall (2m) vigorous variety produces bi-colour purple & maroon flowers followed by purple pods”

Well then – I made sure that I picked a couple of dozen when I cycled to the Hill this evening, & cooked them for about 5 minutes for tea. They redeemed themselves once on the plate – although they did have a greenish-grey colour on the plate (as noted in a comment by Matron), they tasted pretty damn fine – but nothing like runner beans as far as I could tell.

I also picked some BROAD BEANS (barry plot 19) & some sweet peas before wandering down to the bottom of the plot – rhubarb Brian is on holiday for a couple of weeks, & invited me to help myself to the enormous quantity of tayberries that are just coming ripe. Hurrah!

It was the work of a minute to fill a large freezer bag – & they are in the fridge whilst I ponder jam making…