How to Cope with Pea Pods

The other day, we got to talking about sugar snap pea pods. The last several times we’ve had pea pods, I’ve had to deal with them the same way I always deal with foods, like coconut, that have the texture of processed wood—I spit them out.

Well, I don’t actually spit them out. I carefully yank the stringy, weaponized pea pods from between my teeth and hurl the mess into the parallel dimension where they obviously belong. Sena had the same problem, but politely removed the stringy mess and placed it carefully in my hair.

I did a web search on this problem, which evidently doesn’t get much attention. Almost everyone else loves pea pods, despite the tendency for them to immediately assume the texture of industrial strength confetti.

I found only one exception. It’s a short question and answer section on the Home and Garden Information Center of Maryland Extension. One thing I learned is that sugar snap peas that are grown from a special cultivar (a plant variety produced by selective breeding by an entity known as Satan) on the planet Whacko in a galaxy far, far away.

What happens is that the snap pea pod becomes as fibrous as an ancient redwood tree. The person says that “…pods are so fibrous they are barely worth eating.”

I guess what you can do is write to the producer and complain bitterly about the fibrosity monstrosity.

Or is there another solution? Sena found a YouTube which suggests the problem is the stem of the pea pod. You just cut the stem away, and the stringy mess should strip off with it.

So, there you have it. First strip away the stem—and then throw the pea pod away.

You’re welcome.