To shell, squeeze the pods between your thumbs and fingers on the seams to pop them open. Hold the pod over a bowl and run ...

Sugar snap peas can be kept in the fridge for up to three days. They can be blanched and frozen, but may lose some of their crunch.

Rinse and pat them dry before using. Sugar snap peas are a hybrid — they were invented in the 1970s as a cross between the snow pea and garden pea. The goal was to combine the edible pod of snow ...

Discard the pod. Do not confuse green peas for shelling with snap peas or snow peas, which have edible pods. Here are some ways to prepare green peas. Snap and snow peas can be prepared in all the ...