Thanks for this video! We were given some zipper cream pea seeds and they grew like crazy. Problem is, we are totally unfamiliar with them :) If I freeze them as they come in, can I pressure can them later? Thanks
If I’m gonna have to shell em by hand them zipper creams are what I prefer and they’re mighty tasty as well. My momma though just about won’t put up a pea that’s been run through a sheller, says she’d rather do em by hand but she blanches hers the same way and she puts em in quart freezer bags. She’ll generally put up 30 to 40 quarts every year. Thanks for the video, there’s a lot of the younger generations out there that know absolutely nothing about this, glad I’m not one of them! 👍
Hi. Thanks for sharing! Zipper creams is what’s in the video. I love those peas. That is all I grow although the CO-OP snuck in a few purple hull seeds because I probably have 5 of those plants in my patch. I understand about some folks not wanting to use a sheller. I think shellers used to crush the peas. I remember someone in my family complaining about it. The sheller in the video has been great over the past few years. I think I picked out 3 crushed peas tonight out of 12 pints. Thanks!
Hi, great video! First year growing zippers and just as my pods are turning yellow I'm finding brown specks on pods and some of the peas. We harvested about four (testing for readiness) and about 50% were no good. Is this normal for zipper pea crops.
Thanks! I have had a few over the years with the brown specs. Some old timers said they were getting “stung” by insects and some said it was the rust. Usually we just pick them out after shelling because it’s not too many. My suggestion would be to pick them before the pod turns yellow. Press the pod, if it gives, it’s ready for picking.
Sounds like the pea curculio. We have them here in ne NC. Some times they are worse than others. Generally they are more of a problem on peas planted earlier. Try waiting until after the first of July to plant. I even had them on garden beans this year.
Those are the 2 cup size. My goal is to get the same size as like a store bought can of peas. It will usually feed three folks at easily. If I have more folks at dinner, I’ll just open two containers.
Sorry, not "solve," salt. I'm using a phone, and for some reason I cannot edit my comments on this phone. So my question is, do you salt s a l t the water you use to blanch your Southern peas?
Seems to me you should boil the water, then add the peas. That's blanching. What I want to know, in which I have asked now four to six times and not gotten an answer, is do you solve the water that you use to blanch your peas?
Thanks for this video! We were given some zipper cream pea seeds and they grew like crazy. Problem is, we are totally unfamiliar with them :) If I freeze them as they come in, can I pressure can them later? Thanks
It was a real good year for zipper cream peas!!
I just finished shelling some purple hulls.. Thanks for sharing. Peace
Purple thumbs for days!
If I’m gonna have to shell em by hand them zipper creams are what I prefer and they’re mighty tasty as well. My momma though just about won’t put up a pea that’s been run through a sheller, says she’d rather do em by hand but she blanches hers the same way and she puts em in quart freezer bags. She’ll generally put up 30 to 40 quarts every year. Thanks for the video, there’s a lot of the younger generations out there that know absolutely nothing about this, glad I’m not one of them! 👍
Hi. Thanks for sharing! Zipper creams is what’s in the video. I love those peas. That is all I grow although the CO-OP snuck in a few purple hull seeds because I probably have 5 of those plants in my patch. I understand about some folks not wanting to use a sheller. I think shellers used to crush the peas. I remember someone in my family complaining about it. The sheller in the video has been great over the past few years. I think I picked out 3 crushed peas tonight out of 12 pints. Thanks!
Hi, great video! First year growing zippers and just as my pods are turning yellow I'm finding brown specks on pods and some of the peas. We harvested about four (testing for readiness) and about 50% were no good. Is this normal for zipper pea crops.
Thanks! I have had a few over the years with the brown specs. Some old timers said they were getting “stung” by insects and some said it was the rust. Usually we just pick them out after shelling because it’s not too many. My suggestion would be to pick them before the pod turns yellow. Press the pod, if it gives, it’s ready for picking.
Sounds like the pea curculio. We have them here in ne NC. Some times they are worse than others. Generally they are more of a problem on peas planted earlier. Try waiting until after the first of July to plant. I even had them on garden beans this year.
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Where do you get your containers?
Hi. I usually get them at our local grocery store. I try to reuse them each year if they are not broken.
@@useful.knowledge What size are they?
Those are the 2 cup size. My goal is to get the same size as like a store bought can of peas. It will usually feed three folks at easily. If I have more folks at dinner, I’ll just open two containers.
@@useful.knowledge Thanks, that’s helpful. I think I prefer that size as well.
Sorry, not "solve," salt. I'm using a phone, and for some reason I cannot edit my comments on this phone. So my question is, do you salt s a l t the water you use to blanch your Southern peas?
Hi. No I don’t salt the water I use for blanching. I actually put it in the peas when I freeze them.
Can you do a video on wild blackberries, best places to find them, when theyre ripe and how to avoid the thorns? thank you
That’s a great idea for a video! It will be next year in June because that’s when they are ripe where I live. Thanks!
Do you do anything with canning peaches ? Thanks for all your data such a great channel
Seems to me you should boil the water, then add the peas. That's blanching. What I want to know, in which I have asked now four to six times and not gotten an answer, is do you solve the water that you use to blanch your peas?