English pea

American  

noun

Southern and South Midland U.S.

1. pea.

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Example Sentences

Part delicately crisp snow pea and part sweet English pea, the hybrid is all about the thick, astonishingly sweet, entirely edible pod — no shelling, and because of that, almost no food waste.

From Seattle Times

This year, for his side of the menu, Robey will prepare a seafood court-bouillon, an English pea and bacon salad, iron-seared Gulf snapper, veal grillades and grits, pan-seared duck breast and an Alabama pecan cornbread cobbler for dessert.

From Washington Times

When food writer Marian Burros called Frieda in 1979 to find out what was new on the horizon, Burros ended up writing a story for The Washington Post about an exciting new cross between the English pea and snow pea: the sugar snap pea.

From Washington Post

Icelandic cod crusted in a Dijon and citrus panko batter is conspicuously underseasoned, as is the grilled Moroccan-spiced swordfish served over a dull English pea puree.

From Los Angeles Times

Cut in the cold butter chunks with a pastry blender or your fingers, until the mixture looks like fresh breadcrumbs and no piece of butter is much larger than an English pea.

From Seattle Times