Peas-food that heals

Peas are widely cultivated in ancient India and ancient China, where he is a symbol of fertility and wealth. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome was the main food of poor peas Luda, and in France the XVI century pea with fried lard and served at the table of the King and a commoner’s table.

In Spain, as in Russia, one of the most favorite dishes was pea soup with ham. Appreciated and liked peas Germans. They are widely cultivated, it was prepared from a variety of it, and in the 19th century in the daily diet of German soldiers appeared even pea sausage. But this nation of love, as in Russia, «Tsar pea» has no where in the world.

Therapeutic (curative) properties of pea

People’s love for the pea, is understandable. Peas are not only delicious, but also very useful. Peas is valued mainly for high content of proteins.

Protein in pulses almost as much as in beef. But unlike meat protein, it is much easier to digest. Rich peas carbohydrates and micronutrients.

Green peas contain b vitamins, carotene (provitamin a), vitamin c and pp. The composition of the pea include salts of potassium, manganese, iron and phosphorus. Peas is the source of one of the scarce amino acids-lysine. Pea is present in any medical diet. It must be present in the diet of cardiovascular patients.

Peas contains pyridoxine, is involved in the cleavage and the synthesis of amino acids. Lack of this vitamin causes dermatitis and convulsions. Due to the high content of selenium peas considered as anti-carcinogenic tool.

Green peas blocks the intake of radioactive metals.

In folk medicine the decoction of foliage and fruit of peas, used as a diuretic, which facilitates the dissolution of kidney stones.

Pea flour is used as a poultice for boils and Carbuncles softening. Peas reduces the risk of cancer, heart attack, hypertension. Use peas, in any form, slows the aging process of the skin and the whole organism as a whole. Pea protein contains essential for our body, amino acids: lysine, methionine, cystine, tryptophan etc.

Pea is the most popular representative of the family of legumes

Peas (Pisum sativum) is an annual grassy plant family Fabaceae (legumes). Got its name from the fact that the flowers are all legumes are like small boats (or moths). Two lateral petals similar to oars (or wings), large flower is similar to sail, and two lower, fused petals similar to boat (body butterflies). The fruit is pea-Bob. It consists of two sashes and seeds inside.

Pea is an autophilous plant. Structure of shutters at Bob, it is divided into classes: stubble and sugar. Rotary shutters varieties, hard. They have an inner layer of parchment. This makes them rigid and not edible. Ripe leaf varieties when pressing, it is easy to be disclosed (logs). Therefore, such grades and is called the «stubble». Pea sugar varieties, parchment layer on folds of no. Its leaf stuffed and used in food as a whole. These varieties of peas are generally more sweet, and so are called «sugar». These varieties of peas are grown for the sake of unripe beans (blades). «Scapula» eat fresh, can, freeze and boil. There are also secondary («polusaharnye») varieties of peas. These varieties, in a Green State, shutters are soft and edible, and matures, becoming stiff, and not fit to eat.

From the history of pea

Peas is one of the oldest vegetables. It grew even the very first gardeners. Knew the same people that it can be eaten, even in primitive society. The history of cultivation of peas has at least 3000 years. According to archaeologists in the Middle East they had found the remains of meals of peas, which is not less than 10 thousand. years.

That is why, it is very difficult to determine the peas homecoming. Tentatively, it is North Africa-Southwest Asia. The first mention of peas, in these places belong to the 7th century BC. Later, approximately five centuries, pea was introduced to the territory of modern Russia. All in all, it was so long ago that nobody knows exactly when. No wonder that, in such cases, in Russia it is customary to say: «it is still under Tsar pea times». Pea has long been cultivated for personal use in his household. Massively cultivate pea as field culture began in the early 18th century.

After the peas was imported from France, he quickly became very popular in Russia. Peas glorified even an entire region, rather then, Yaroslavl province. Local gardeners invented its own way, as dry peas, and long time shipped them abroad. The famous «green pea» knew how to grow and cook in the villages of Ugodiči and Sulost′, not far from Rostov the great.

In Russia pea so liked the taste of it that a huge number of proverbs and sayings. For example: «the girl in the House: are enviable, da peas in the field who will not pass, everyone uŝipnet.» Peas grow, little was needed to gather and harvest yet. And wanting to eat peas, always been rife. Different birds: Ravens, Magpies, etc. What only vegetable scarecrows were not. There were roaring, and rotating the scarecrow. Loves peas and beetle-zernovik. Each of us chose, poedennye this bug, grain. In the olden days from this beetle was helped by hemp crop, along with peas. Zernovik beetle on such fields did not appear.

How to use peas

Peas eaten everywhere and almost everything. That only it is not doing. From peas Cook soups and porridge, baked pies, make the noodles, bake pancakes cooked pea jelly and even make pea cheese. Not for nothing is it called the Rus ‘ King of Peas.

In the countries of South-East Asian pea fried, sprinkled with salt, spices and eaten as a snack. The Arabs made from chickpea (PEA sandy yellow with pointed tip) popular snack «hummus». From chickpeas do traditional Jewish hot snack «falafel.» Green pea varieties of think tanks can and freeze.

If you mash the peas with Mint, lemon juice and olive oil, add the yogurt, you get very tender and wholesome snack.

Peas «blades» in Europe called «mange-tout peas» (from French mang tout-eat all) or «green beans». Of them Cook soups, stews, use in salads. In China and Thailand, these bright-green thin pods with a pleasant fresh smell definitely added to dishes from fried vegetables. Dishes of peas are very varied and useful. They always brighten and enrich your table. Peas, this is exactly the product that Hippocrates said: «Food should be our medicine and medicine-food».