What Makes Great Canned Peas?
A wonderfully versatile vegetable, peas can serve as a side for meats and mashed potatoes or play a major role in salads, casseroles, pot pies, soups and stir-fry dishes. Mix them with bits of corn and carrots for a garden-fresh dish the entire family is bound to enjoy. Our chefs define high quality canned peas as being moderately plump and boasting strong structural integrity, meaning the peas should be mostly whole without being broken or smashed. They will vary slightly in size. Canned peas should have a moderate pea aroma, with a bright aroma character highlighting the product’s natural qualities — you should not gather any hints of dullness, or any washed-out peas on hand. Also, there should be an absence of off notes in both aroma and flavor. Taste balance is achieved when peas have a natural vegetable sweetness as the predominant taste. Added sweeteners should not be noticeable, and saltiness should be low but still discernible. Like its aroma counterpart, canned peas’ flavor in
