Pickin' Peas

One reason I've decided Erik is worth keeping around is his desire to get us out and about (because let's be honest: most of the time, I'm perfectly content to sit at home with a good book). Today's adventure involved heading up to Cove and picking some peas.

Seriously. This is what we did this afternoon. Erik found about about a farm in Cove that lets you pick your own peas and then pay what they're worth to you. For some reason, this mention of peas made him suddenly think about the creamed new potatoes and peas dish his grandma used to make (which has never been brought up in our 8 years of marriage). Being the impulsive guy he is, he decided we would be making this dish tonight and we needed fresh peas.

Admittedly, the pea patch (or whatever you would call it) was fairly picked over and trampled. We weren't the only ones who had heard the news about the peas, obviously. But Lily had a great time looking for pea pods and putting them in our bucket. After harvesting a few, it turned more into Lily holding the bucket while Erik and I searched for the peas, and she was always very polite as we dropped them in, saying Thank You every time a new pod was added.

On the way home, she asked if she could open one. Figuring we'd be vacuuming up peas once we got home, I gave it to her. She opened the pod like Erik had shown her, and to my surprise, she stuffed them in her mouth. Not one at a time of course. No. She shoved the entire pod's worth of peas in and started chewing. Since she's recently developed a reluctance to eating vegetables with dinner, I was amazed at her eagerness. Once she realized she had a quite full mouth full of peas, however, it was a different story, and she wanted to spit them out. I didn't have anywhere for her to spit them, though, so I told her she'd have to chew them up and swallow. Which she did. But she didn't want to eat any more once we got home. I figure at least she got vegetables in her today so I win.

So for our dinner tonight, we were able to enjoy creamed new potatoes and peas made with peas that less than an hour before had still been attached to the ground. Pretty fun, really. And I promise you, we'll be heading back up to Cove before the summer is over...