How to distinguish peas, sweet peas, and snow peas
For the "non-stick pot people" who can't tell the difference between peas, sweet peas, and snow peas, look over - peas are actually a big variety , divided into three types according to their functions, including pea heads, lentil pods and sweet peas.
Pea heads, also called pea whiskers, are the sprouts of peas. They are one of the wild vegetables that Nanjing people love to eat.
Lentil pods are when the peas have grown to a certain stage. The pods have grown, but the beans have not yet fully bulged. At this time, the pods are mainly eaten.
The last kind of sweet peas are the peas that we usually eat as vegetables. We only eat the beans but not the pods.
As for snow peas, they are actually soft pod peas, which can be said to be the second type of lentil pods. The area near Shanghai is called "Small Cold Bean". It is native to the Mediterranean coast and western Asia. It mainly eats tender pods. Snow peas The tender pods are crisp and fragrant.
The country of origin is not the Netherlands, so why are they called snow beans? Some say that the Dutch are better at vegetable breeding, so they are linked together and have nothing to do with the Dutch. Others say that the Dutch introduced it to the Chinese world when they colonized Taiwan, so they are called snow beans in China.
How to make delicious sweet beans
Stir-fried sausage with sweet beans
Ingredients: sweet beans, sausage, salt, sugar
Method:
1. Remove the tendons at both ends of the beans and cut the sausage into diagonal slices for later use
2. First fry the sausage in a pot over low heat until the fat part begins to become transparent Take it out;
3. Use the oil from the sausage and heat it to 50% hot. Add the sweet beans and stir-fry a few times quickly;
4. Then pour in the sausage and add Just a spoonful of salt and a small spoonful of sugar.