Snap Peas, also known as 'sugar snap peas', have a sweet taste and thick pod wall that has a satisfying 'snap' when bitten into. They are flavourful and refreshingly flavourful when eaten raw. Snap Peas are usually ready for harvest in Ontario in mid summer. Snap Peas can be enjoyed both fresh and cooked. When fresh they have a tasty snap and sweet pea seeds. They can be sauteed or boiled for a less crunchy, more tender texture and sweeter flavour. Beautiful in a salad or on their own!
Snap Peas are a type of sugar pea. Sugar Peas are a type of pea with a tender pod shell which can be eaten whole, pod, seeds and all. Modern day cultivars of the pea plant are descended from the wild pea, which originated from the Mediterranean and the Near East. Garden and Sugar Peas are an innovative luxury that was developed in Early Modern Europe.
