Creamed Peas - My Incredible Recipes (2024)

FAQs

Are cream peas and lady peas the same? ›

Sweet and tender lady peas remain creamy white or light green even after they have been cooked. And unlike other field peas, lady peas (also called Lady Cream peas) produce a clear, not cloudy, potlikker. True to their name, lady peas are said to have a more delicate flavor.

Field peas, crowder peas, cream peas (along with blackeye peas) are all part of a larger species of beans commonly called “cowpeas” or “Southern peas.” Despite their names, none of these varieties is actually a pea.

Seed should be at least three inches apart in the row and the rows should be at least 30 inches apart. Planting more seed causes the plants to become viney and compete with each other for light, water, and nutrients without necessarily increasing potential yield.

Peas can take as little as 54-days to mature, but they average about 60 to 70 days before they can be harvested. And just as scheduled, by early July these peas were plump, and ready to be picked. The pea, Pisum sativum, is an annual herbaceous legume in the family Fabaceae. Our peas are so fresh and green.

Peas: Pick peas in the morning at least every other day for maximum harvest and crispest texture. Shelling Peas: Pick them when the pods are rounded and the peas have filled the pod but before they grow too large and tough.

Field Peas, Crowder Peas (still a huge favorite), Spring Peas, Sweet Peas, Black Eyed Peas, Purple Hull Peas and my current favorite, Lady Cream Peas. These all can be prepared in the same basic way. It's very easy, though it takes a little time because of the long simmer to soften the peas just right.

Lady peas are smaller, sweeter, and more tender than most peas. If you can't find them, look for fresh black-eyed, purple-hull, pink eye, or crowder peas. In a pinch, substitute cooked dried peas, and proceed with step 2.

Lady Cream Peas are a type of cowpea. They have no color and, when cooked, they yield a clear pot liquor. They have a sweet flavor and creamy texture and are featured in Southern dishes.

Mississippi Cream Cowpeas. This bush-type plant produces high yields of light-colored cowpeas. This cool-weather plant has 7" long green pods with creamy white peas. The peas change to straw color when dried.

There are three types of Southern peas: crowder, cream, and black-eyed. Crowders have a robust flavor, cream peas are more mild, and the flavor of black-eyed peas is somewhere in between.

Are cream peas the same as white acre peas? ›

White Acre peas are considered a cream or semi-crowder pea, because the seeds are somewhat crowded in the pod, but not nearly as much as other crowder pea varieties. They are also commonly referred to as field peas or cowpeas and are related to black-eyed, pink-eyed, and purple-hulled peas.

Regarding crop rotation, do not plant peas in the same place more than once every four years. Like those of other legumes, pea roots fix nitrogen in the soil, making it available for other plants.

Place Pea Seeds

I typically space them 2" to 3" apart along the little trench. Make sure to stagger the peas in your second row. For bush varieties, place just one pea seed per hole. Wait till you've got all your pea seeds placed before you cover them up with some soil or compost.

Peas need a trellis for climbing.

While some plants like trees have woody tissues to hold them up, other plants climb on other structures (and woody plants) to get vertical. Some of these vines have tendrils (peas, passionvine, cucumbers).

Cream peas grow on the tops of bushy plants that grow up two to 3 feet tall. The pods develop at the top of the plant and are harvested when they are 6 to 8 inches in length.

The pods should be plump and glossy and make the typical snap sound when broken in two. Pick snap peas in the morning, because that's when the pods are the plumpest.

The classic green pea (often called English pea or garden pea) is picked when the seeds have fully formed inside the pod, which happens 20 to 30 days after flowering.