chuckwood
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I was in the produce section yesterday and checked out the sugar snap peas. My crop this year was the best ever, I've got *many* vacuum sealed bags of these peas in my freezer. I got them planted very early thanks to warm weather in the beginning of spring and cool weather in late spring, perfect for peas, they die when temps get too warm. But I couldn't believe the price being asked for them right now - $6.99 a pound! I can buy meat much cheaper than that. They are out of season at the moment, so what gives with this price? Are they growing these sugar snaps in air conditioned greenhouses? Next time I'm at the store, I'll see if they have frozen snaps and find out what they want for those. These peas are quite easy to grow, you just need a high trellis or fence for them to grow on. Steam them, add some butter and soy sauce, and they are very good.