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Snow Pea Type
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Snow peas (mangetout) are flat edible pods picked before seeds swell—crisp, sweet, and essential in stir-fries. Strings run along seams on many varieties and should be pulled. Flavour is green and delicate; overcooking turns olive and limp. Stir-fry hot and fast; use raw in salads. Do not wait for fat peas inside. A pod class with many named cultivars under the type. Pair Snow Pea Type with complementary seasonings and a cooking method such as Stir-Fry to show the Flat Edible Pod side of the ingredient.
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Flat edible-pod peas were central to Chinese stir-fry vegetable culture.
American interest in stir-fry raised snow pea demand sharply.
Global supermarkets stocked snow peas as a standard specialty vegetable.
Snow pea type remained the flat mangetout class beside thick snaps.