Sugar Snap Peas Fresh From The Garden

This is an attempt at a selfie shot bringing in an unexpected bounty from the pea patch.  You know the color the peas should be so you can see the photo wasn't what it would be if someone was holding the camera instead of a load of peas and getting the lighting right.  A timed photo does not work so well because of the auto focus while keeping my load together (didn't succeed).  Plus I was having a lot of trouble getting any photo at all because of the lighting and time of day combined with the load.

Years ago my room mate Esther shared a wonderful pasta recipe using snap peas.  I would have made it yesterday except I didn't want to go to the store for ham.  I will share the recipe with you soon because I can see more of these crispy morsels are in my future.

Instead I sauted them in grapeseed oil and sea salt.  Yummy!

The abundance in the pea patch is a first for me.  For years I've planted these and gotten a few at best and none at worst.  This has been an exceptional year for crops in this area.  I've noticed it everywhere I look.  Also, these were planted in March instead of April which is a big deal here because of the heat.