Do you cook them like you would say red beans, navy beans, lima beans etc. ?
There's a place right outside my neighborhood, it's a cute little farm place called Old Folks Produce. I buy okra, big home grown tomatoes, sweet potatoes from them. I see a sign saying they have purple hull peas. LOTS of purple hull peas. Not only have I never heard of them, never have seen them but am very curious and want to buy them. I don't know how to cook them or what they taste like. LOL, I guess I have seen them now. God those jars look good.
Can someone explain it to me ? I would appreciate it. For almost 4 years I've seen them sell those peas and I really want to try them. I was too embarrassed to ask the lady.
If you're asking how to cook them if freshly picked or frozen...here's how I do it.
I put them in a pot, cover them with water and add just a little more water, add a heaping teaspoon of salt, bring to a good boil, then turn down to simmer(slightly or very gently boiling) and let them cook for an hour to an hour and a half.
To add flavor you can skip the salt and add diced salt cured(country) ham.
...or about halt way through the cooking process, fry a couple of strips of bacon until crispy, drain the fat & tear off the fatty tissue, crumble up the lean part of the crispy bacon and throw that in the pot...and add a little salt & pepper to taste....or for the very best, most artery clogging taste ever, throw the grease, fat and all in the pot.