Peas and Potatoes in White Sauce
Another delicious meal from our garden (except for the sausage). This was a nice, quick, summery dish that I grew up eating. New potatoes and fresh peas in a light white sauce. Add a garden-fresh salad and a couple of cranks of pepper and I’m good to go!
There’s really no recipe here, Dad said that Grandma used to put fresh mint in with the peas and potatoes, but I’m having trouble imagining that flavor combination. Maybe I’ll test it next time…maybe.
Farmer Paul and I did have a disagreement about the peas though. Growing up, the peas in this dish were shelled. But when Farmer Paul saw me shelling these peas, he got quite upset that I was “sending the best part of the pea to the compost pile.” So, instead, I used those peas in the salad, picked more peas from the garden, cut them in half and added them to the boiling potatoes during the last minute of cooking time. And it was a good decision. They were so sweet and tender.
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Tags: dinner, farm, recipe, vegetables
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July 28, 2008 9:25 am
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