FROZEN PEAS- which make do you buy!

Edwardia

Birds Eye Field Fresh garden peas
Spar petit pois
Mushy peas for OH
Processed peas for OH

Tried FarmFoods peas and found them tough but made into pea and mint soup.

stuckdebt

Asda smart price here, I steam them.

nickydee5

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

Aldi 900g Petit Pois for 97p. Yummy!

I second the Aldi petit pois, changed to them from Tescos' own ones about a year ago and they're lovely

macma

I've just discovered Lidl frozen stuff,I've bought their fish fingers and breaded haddock for some time but recently tried their chips,hash browns wedges etc which are fab.So being fussy about peas-we grow loads and freeze them but have to resort to shop bought when they run out,I tried Lidl and they're very good

stephen77

i am not fussy on brand.

However most of the peas i cook.
I purree them up and then add butter, cream, pepper and may be some garlic or chilli depending on what i have with them.

Gives a nice creamy sauce with lots of flavour so brand differences are less noticeable.

A._Badger

stephen77 wrote: »

i am not fussy on brand.

However most of the peas i cook.
I purree them up and then add butter, cream, pepper and may be some garlic or chilli depending on what i have with them.

Gives a nice creamy sauce with lots of flavour so brand differences are less noticeable.

Can you taste the peas at all?

stephen77

A._Badger wrote: »

Can you taste the peas at all?

same as many foods eg cajun chicken etc. you adding flavour to it.

it just enhance the eat. give it ago!

RHYSDAD

Home grown are the very best for flavour otherwise it's Birds Eye for me too....

LondonDreamer

M&S Petit Pois. Don't remember the price off the top of my head, but certain it's less than BE. Even my DH who normally hates peas (will tolerate them with sausage and mash) admitted they are lovely.

A._Badger

stephen77 wrote: »

same as many foods eg cajun chicken etc. you adding flavour to it.

it just enhance the eat. give it ago!

Same as many meals today - smother the taste of the main ingredient so it's completely lost. A style of cooking that evolved in countries where the raw materials were too poor to be savoured.

Elizabeth David has a lot to answer for,