[ A paper bowl holds some unshelled peas; one has been opened, showing three peas inside, spaced so they look like scraggly teeth. ]
FIRST & FOREMOST, that’s not a mimic, it’s actually peas. Yes I’m sure, I ate them, they did not eat me. Yes, I WILL still be careful the next time I eat peas, you never know.
SECONDLY, I’m SO very glad my friend Dwen taught me about eating fresh peas a buncha years ago, because when Jasper & CJ brought some home from the farmers market last year, I knew immediately that the best thing to do was shell & eat them immediately. Which we’ve been doing ever since, all through fresh pea season.
They’re DELICIOUS.
(Hypothetically we COULD shell some, dry them, & save them for over the winter, but also, why would we do that, they’re DELICIOUS.)
(okay FINE we probably will at some point, if only so we can grow our own delicious fresh peas, but we gotta not EAT them all first & y’all, that’s HARD)
