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.

Within the thin green pods, are 12 to 14 medium, creamy-white “peas.” Cream peas are slightly flattened and oval, and look more like beans than they do peas, without a visible 'eye'.

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.

Camellia brand has a store locator for it's products and the OP was able to find the lady cream peas at a location close to her. For anyone who isn't able to find them, butter peas are a good option. I've seen them fresh, frozen, and canned.

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. You can produce two crops when planted early.

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.

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.

Leftover creamed peas may be kept refrigerated for two to three days in an airtight container. To reheat, warm gently in a saucepan over low heat until heated through. You may also microwave at a reduced power for several minutes.

Can you eat cream peas raw? ›

Oh, yes, at least if they're freshly picked. They're delicious. (When my cousin and I were ten or twelve years old and were sent to the garden to pick peas, we loved to sneak some of the pods for ourselves, squeeze them open, and eat the peas out of the pods right there fresh off the vines.

Super simple, but big on flavor, Zipper peas are an irresistible Southern classic side dish. Full of summery goodness, zipper peas, sometimes called cream peas, are just one type of Southern pea often referred to as cowpeas or field peas.

Look for pods that are plump and firm.

Ripe peas are bright in color as well as crisp and sweet. If you wait until the peas are too large inside the pods, the pods get pretty tough and stringy. Harvest any over-ripe pods you see, as well, to encourage your plant to produce new peas. Discard yellow or speckled pods.

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.

Snap peas are ready for harvest about 5-8 days after flowering. Pick regularly as the plant will flower and mature the pods for 3-4 weeks. Garden peas are ready for harvest about 18-21 days after flowering. Pick the pods when the seeds are plump and shell before use.

Most varieties of peas are ready to harvest 60 to 70 days after planting. Peas mature quickly, so check daily once you see the flowers in bloom. Pick snow peas when the delicate pods begin to show immature seeds inside. Gather snap peas when the pods become plump yet are still glossy and filled with sweet-tasting peas.