I Bisi di Lumignano
(Local Dialect for Peas)
We received a big ol' bag of peas this week. I've learned several things:
- The neighbors across the street are as generous as the ones out back. (Tell me again. . . what have we done to deserve this?)
- I do like peas -- fresh local peas.
- These are so good that we sat around our patio table Saturday with friends & wine, eating them raw, right out of the pod.
- These peas really don't need to be cooked with a load of "seasonings." I boiled them for 2 minutes, dried them, and coated them in a pat of butter and coarse salt. Yum. No, really, I kid you not. Perfectly Yum. Absolutely nothing like frozen or canned peas. Not even close. It's like the differnece between wild-caught Gulf of Mexico shrimp & frozen shrimp from China. I don't think I'll ever acquire a taste for those -- canned peas or Chinese shrimp. (Damn BP, BTW.)
i've never been fond of peas, but now i want to try some fresh-from-the-garden peas...you make them sound divine!
ReplyDeleteI think it'll take my little garden peas a while to yield a bowl that size!!! I did just discover a mulberry tree in my neighbors yard. Let's hope they are as generous as your neighbors and let me go a pickin'! I would love some gelsi granita ;)
ReplyDeletethose look amazing! local neighbors are the best.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteI do love the peas around here and that's saying a lot, as I don't like peas at all.
ReplyDeleteSo so yummy!
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies. . . and one more thing I learned -- pea green is beautiful, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI envy your bisi season!
ReplyDeleteYum to the fresh peas and Yes, Damn BP!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove that vibrant green!
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