Day 21 - The Birdseye pea car
A bit late with an update today—things have been quite busy. Unfortunately, yesterday’s rain was short lived. We recorded about 4mm which is not sufficient given how dry and hot things have been, so fingers crossed for tonight—there’s more rain in the forecast.
I’ve just taken a picture of the Birdseye pea car which will hopefully upload OK. This features in our latest set of adverts and is proving a real attraction—we use it in shows and some educational activities we get involved in and the kids seem to love it.
In the end, the Radio 4 programme ran about 8 minutes (from an hour-and-a-half or interview footage) but we got good coverage and it was quite interesting seeing how they do that—making it almost visual on radio if you see what I mean rather than just interviewing people…
There was a woman on the programme I had to disagree with, she was extolling the virtues of fresh peas straight out of the garden and saying that they were perhaps better than frozen. Clearly we don’t believe that, and in fact we know it. Then, she compounded her mistake by saying she cooked them with sugar. We don’t do that to improve either the colour or the flavour, you don’t need to do that with our peas as they’re good enough on their own. Just goes to show what an enduring myth that is.
Further updates later on, signing off, Colin.
Comments
Eating frozen peas instead of peas that were picked and then shipped thousands of miles might in fact be more nutritious because of the time lag. Certainly eating frozen peas in the winter is better than eating no peas at all. Your statement however that frozen peas are better than picking fresh peas out of your garden and eating them immediately is false. That's like saying peas grown on factory farms are better than peas grown at home. Question: are your peas ever treated with pesticides? Fertilizers? Are there chemicals in the frozen packages?
I eat frozen peas when they are out of season or in a pinch when I need them in a hurry. Eating them straight out of my garden however is the best way to go. Anyone who thinks it takes a farm to grow good peas is just trying to sell me something. I'm only buying that when I have to.
Posted by: aaron | July 13, 2006 4:26 PM
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for taking the time to write your comment:-)
I guess I was all excited by hearing the story on the radio and I should really clarify what I said.
Really, the comment was specifically about what the lady said at the time, that fresh peas from her garden where better quality than frozen. She then went on to add that she cooks them in sugar to improve the flavour and colour of her peas.
Now I eat a lot of peas in a working week and I can tell you the peas I grow simply don't need their flavour or colour improving. They're a natural product preserved in a natural way, I eat a lot of them at home and mostly with no seasoning at all.
Hope that clears my position up:-)
All the best,
Colin
Posted by: Colin Wright | July 17, 2006 5:31 PM