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can you eat mangetout when the pods are full

Have a go NickHave a go Nick Posts: 352
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can you eat mangetout when the pods are full?
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  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    Yes indeed!
    ...though I tend to check/cut for stringiness in the pod seams.
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    Definitely!!
  • Have a go NickHave a go Nick Posts: 352
    StephenSouthwest said:
    Yes indeed!
    ...though I tend to check/cut for stringiness in the pod seams.
    Can we eat them as normal peas then?
  • Have a go NickHave a go Nick Posts: 352
    rowlandscastle444 said:
    Definitely!!
    Can we just depod like normal peas then
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    My older daughter used to do that when she was tiny @Have a go Nick, and when the mangetout were still at the usual stage when you'd eat them whole, so you probably could try that  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Have a go NickHave a go Nick Posts: 352
    Fairygirl said:
    My older daughter used to do that when she was tiny @Have a go Nick, and when the mangetout were still at the usual stage when you'd eat them whole, so you probably could try that  :)
    So de pod them then

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    No idea what they'd taste like compared to an 'ordinary' pea, but you could try them and see  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    As others have said the problem will be with the "strings". Taking the peas out and using them is no issue. We grow peabeans that you can eat like mangetout but also the whole pod with the seeds inside as long as you don't leave it too late. If so then just depod and have the beans themselves.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If I’ve not picked them fast enough I treat plump mange touts the same as Sugarsnap peas 

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/sugar-snap_peas

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    yes
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