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Difficult to explain, this artsy teal-colored fabric surrounded a bright white wall surrounding a lovely swimming pool located on Central Ave. near downtown Albuquerque. Oh well...I thought it looked relatively pretty.

This is National Great British Pea Week...
Peas… when you were younger, your parents probably told you that you couldn’t leave the table until you had eaten all of them, right? They were part of the green veggie gang that most children despise! However, as we get older, we realize just how incredible this ingredient is! After all, what would be classic fish and chips without some mushy peas on the side? We’ve also seen peas used in fine dining recipes, with scallops and pea puree springing to mind! If you’re a lover of this tiny green vegetable, you’re going to love Great British Pea Week! That’s right; a whole week to celebrate peas!

Did you know that the first-ever television commercial in the United Kingdom was for BirdsEye Frozen Peas in 1969?

In 1984, Janet Harris of Sussex set the record for the highest number of peas eaten one at a time with chopsticks in one hour. She managed 7,175! Maybe you could try and beat this to celebrate? 

Eric ‘Badlands’ Booker holds the record for pea-eating, consuming 9.5 one-pound bowls of peas within 12 minutes.

The average person consumes almost 9,000 peas per year in Britain. 

At least 37 types of peas were grown by ancient Romans.
 
The first known reference to mushy peas was in 1968, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

The word pea came about in the 1660s. They were initially called ‘pease’ in English.