My daughter just took it upon herself to be the official pea sheller, so she plopped herself under a shade tree and started to shellin'!
If you've never had the unique opportunity to shell peas before, then plop down here in the shade with us and let Heather give her wonderful demonstration on how to get those little peas from their pods (but you have to promise not to munch while you're doing this--OK, not too many anyway!)....
I love those little crown tops pea pods have on their stems--aren't they so cute and dainty?
While she's gettin' this thing open here, just take a look over there....
Is that not just the perfect picture of domestic bliss...?? Ahhh! Baby's knocked over her water bucket again...she prefers the pool...much to the children's utter distress!
Don't you just love summer days sittin' under the big shade tree...we just need some lemonade...Wup, back to business here....
She's now got it open...
And I kid you not they taste better raw than cooked....I'm not kiddin'! These are the sweetest peas I've ever tasted in my life! Beats M&M's any day!
For the live video demo, just click on the Flickr gallery under Farmy Fotos and you can get ALL the action! Now here's a handful of peas, please!