Green peas

Description

Pisum Sativum – Peas have always represented a source of nourishment for all populations since ancient times and together with beans, they have been the most consumed foods. Peas already grew spontaneously 9750 years before the Christian era. Cultivated peas instead originate from China. Peas were cultivated also by the Greeks and Romans who introduced them to Europe after the Roman conquest. In England, during the Middle Ages they were used as wages for the poor and in France they were the basis of nutrition. Peas are also excellent against excess weight, especially if eaten as a single dish together with rice or pasta and followed by raw or cooked vegetables. That’s because they have the property of being satiating for a long time. They are also excellent in purées or in cream, but in these ways the dietary fiber is reduced. Peas go well with chicken, sautéed meat, lard and in soup. The nutritional contents are reported in the “nutritional contents” section. Di Nunzio shelled peas are grown in Puglia in the upper part of “Tavoliere della Daunia” area, particularly in the lands surrounding the municipality of San Paolo di Civitate.