sugar snap

Crunchy garden pea

Sugar snap is a variety of pea eaten whole, pod and all, while still crisp and sweet.

Unlike snow peas, sugar snaps have plump, rounded pods with fully developed peas inside.

They're eaten raw, stir-fried, or lightly steamed: Add the sugar snaps at the last minute so they stay crunchy.

Also called sugar snap pea.

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  • peaEdible pod seed
  • podSeed case or cetacean group
  • crispFirm and breakable
  • crunchCrushing, grinding noise
  • gardenCultivated plant area

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pea type/pod edibility

sugar snapgarden pea

Edible green legume seed

field pea · split pea · snow pea · bitter greens

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G