Deluxe Peas Recipes

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter then stir in bouillon powder, water, mushrooms, celery, dill and curry. Cook for about 6 minutes or until veggies are almost tender.
• Stir in peas - cook uncovered for 2 minutes, then add water chestnuts and pepper, stirring occasionally for about 1 minute or until heated through.
• Serve immediately!

Steps:

• Peas weren't accepted as a useful food until a 1555 famine in England forced peasants to gather and eat wild peas to prevent starvation. Even then, green peas did not gain popularity until the late 1600s. Then, French diners started getting impatient for mealtimes. Why? Because they wanted to eat green peas. Eating the desired peas to their heart's content at King Louis XIV's table, they would then return to their rooms to find another bowl of peas waiting for them. The bedroom peas would be eaten just before bedtime. Do you like peas that much?

Steps:

• In a large skillet on medium heat, melt butter or margarine; stir in chicken bouillon powder, water, mushrooms, celery, and seasonings; cook for about 6 minutes, or until vegetables are almost tender.
• Stir in peas; cook, covered, for 2 minutes.
• Add water chestnuts and pimento, if using.
• Cook for about 1 minute or until heated through; stir occasionally.

Steps:

• Pour peas in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring water to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until peas are hot and tender, 5 to 7 minutes; drain.
• Cook and stir bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until the fat renders and the bacon is crisp, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir onion into the bacon dripping; cook and stir with the bacon until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour cream over the bacon mixture; cook and stir until the cream thickens, about 5 minutes. Season thickened cream with monosodium glutamate, salt, and pepper. Pour sherry into the thickened cream. Add drained peas and mushrooms to the skillet; gently stir to coat.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir flour, sugar, and pepper into the melted butter until smooth.
• Remove saucepan from heat. Stir peas and milk into the butter mixture. Return saucepan to medium heat; bring to a boil while stirring regularly. Reduce heat and cook at a simmer until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes.