sugar snap pea

Crunchy green legume

A sugar snap pea is a variety of pea with an edible pod, eaten whole when the peas inside are mature.

Unlike snow peas, which are flat, sugar snap peas have plump, rounded pods with a satisfying crunch.

They're typically eaten raw in salads or briefly cooked: Toss the sugar snap peas into the stir-fry at the last minute.

cooking

stir-fry

Quick-cook in hot oil

  • sautéCook quickly in fat
  • blanchScald briefly, then cool
  • steamHeated water's gaseous form

wok · sesame oil · garlic · ginger · snow pea · side dish · salad · crunch · bright green · al dente

crisp

crunchy

Breaking with sound

bite · raw · blanched · refreshing · snackable · appetizing · delectable · firm · succulent

garden

trellis

Garden climbing structure

harvest · seedling · cultivate · soil · compost · irrigation · fertilizer · mulch · spring planting · staking

snack

crudités

Raw vegetable appetizer

ranch · raw · nibbling · grazing · lunchbox · appetizer · picnic · bite-sized · portable · munching

sweet

natural sweetness

Categories
Opposites
edible pod vs. shelled legumes

sugar snap peagarden pea

Edible green legume seed

green pea · field pea · split pea · black-eyed pea · lima bean

sweet/tender vs. starchy/mature legumes

sugar snap peafield pea

Cultivated legume for drying

kidney bean · navy bean · black bean

crisp/fresh vs. dried legumes

sugar snap peasplit pea

Dried, halved legume

chickpea · black-eyed pea · pinto bean · navy bean

Family

sugar, snap, sugars, sugared, sugaring, sugary, sugarless, snaps, snapped

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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