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Did You Ever Shell Peas Growing Up?
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:43 pm
I remember helping with shelling peas. Later, I'd go buy big grocery bags full of peas and spend the afternoon shelling them. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it. It was actually relaxing especially with cocktails.
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Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:47 pm to Gris Gris
I used to snap the tips off green beans with my mom.
Not quite the same, but similar.
Not quite the same, but similar.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:49 pm to BRgetthenet
All that stuff. And cracked walnuts and pecans. Hard work. We had a huge garden. We were poor growing u, but we always had fresh, home grown, or home made food.
My parents would be somewhat disappointed at some of my spending habits, especially in regard to food.
My parents would be somewhat disappointed at some of my spending habits, especially in regard to food.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:54 pm to Iowa Golfer
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All that stuff. And cracked walnuts and pecans. Hard work. We had a huge garden.
All of this except for the hard work part. We were brainwashed from a young age to think it was some kind of fun, bonding experience.
It was definitely a bonding experience, but I'm not so sure about the fun part.
ETA: My cousin and I used to get in fist fights over who got to churn the ice cream maker. Brainwashing.
This post was edited on 4/26/16 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:55 pm to BRgetthenet
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I used to snap the tips off green beans with my mom.
Not quite the same, but similar.
Very similar. Used to do that, too, for my Mom. I still do it at home.
I'm sort of sad that peas now come shelled.
Iowa, I can remember we always had a big wooden bowl of pecans and walnuts out. It was sort of treat to get to try to shell them.
Everything today is mechanized, computerized, or otherwise "ized" and way too fast. It's convenient and since today's world demands instant or quick, it's necessary, I guess. I miss the slower days, sometimes, though. I also miss not being able to be instantly found.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:57 pm to Matisyeezy
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It was definitely a bonding experience, but I'm not so sure about the fun part.
I thought it was fun. Maybe because I thought I was doing adult "work".
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:57 pm to Gris Gris
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not being able to be instantly found
My dad calls cell phones a human leash.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:59 pm to BRgetthenet
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My dad calls cell phones a human leash
He's right. I keep mine on silent during the day when I'm working. If I happen to see a text, so be it. Half the time I forget to turn the volume up after work, but I turn it back off when I go to bed or when I get tired of hearing dings.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:11 pm to Gris Gris
Yep, lots of them. My dad served in WWII and Korea, he said he had eaten all the "crap in a can" he was going to.
He didn't either, drank the hell out of beer in the can though.
He didn't either, drank the hell out of beer in the can though.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:14 pm to Gris Gris
My fingers were purple many a summer.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:22 pm to Gris Gris
Gris,
I just threw together a shrimp and corn chowder with leftovers from a boil Sunday.
Brought it all to temp, but did not bring to a boil. I want to put it in freezer bags and have it later. Should I just let it cool, then bag it? This doesn't have to simmer, does it?
/hijack
I just threw together a shrimp and corn chowder with leftovers from a boil Sunday.
Brought it all to temp, but did not bring to a boil. I want to put it in freezer bags and have it later. Should I just let it cool, then bag it? This doesn't have to simmer, does it?
/hijack
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:31 pm to Gris Gris
Yep I would go to the farmers market in Montgomery with my grandma and get a shite load of peas and corn and spend an afternoon in the courtyard shelling and shucking, good times
This post was edited on 4/26/16 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:40 pm to Gris Gris
Before there was TV, we would sit out on the back screen porch shelling, snapping, husking, listening to the radio and the crickets.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:44 pm to Gris Gris
Of course
I'd shell all day at Grandma's then come home and couldn't play till I shelled the bag that my Dad had set aside for each of us
I'd shell all day at Grandma's then come home and couldn't play till I shelled the bag that my Dad had set aside for each of us
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:52 pm to Gris Gris
Watching Wimbledon and shelling peas
Watching the Royal Wedding (1981 edition) and shelling peas
My pea shelling memories seem to revolve around Brits
Watching the Royal Wedding (1981 edition) and shelling peas
My pea shelling memories seem to revolve around Brits
Posted on 4/26/16 at 8:03 pm to TigerGrl73
On those weekends I was shipped off to my dad and his 2nd wife in the country, I was often forced to shell purple hull peas along with my step-siblings.
I hated it. I ended up with no finger nails, purple hands, and sore hands. And I fricking hated the taste of them.
My step-aunt would eat them with mayonnaise. frickING MAYONNAISE!!! 
I hated it. I ended up with no finger nails, purple hands, and sore hands. And I fricking hated the taste of them.
My step-aunt would eat them with mayonnaise. frickING MAYONNAISE!!! 
Posted on 4/26/16 at 8:08 pm to Gris Gris
Still help with a lot of that stuff when I go home. Especially snapping beans. My parents use probably 1/4 of their land for vegetables, and they live on a lot of land. Love the time of year where I don't have to buy as many vegetables.
This post was edited on 4/26/16 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 4/26/16 at 8:11 pm to LouisianaLady
Shelled plenty purple-hulls and snapped many a green bean.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 8:20 pm to Trout Bandit
yes ... bushels ...
and i will not entertain the thought of handling, eating or cooking peas in any manner, shape, form or fashion, including eating them on nyd ...
and i will not entertain the thought of handling, eating or cooking peas in any manner, shape, form or fashion, including eating them on nyd ...
Posted on 4/26/16 at 8:25 pm to Gris Gris
Peas grow in shells? Welp.
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