Loved for their inherent sweetness and the ability to add a welcome pop of colour to even the most beige of meals, frozen peas were initially marketed in Australia as one of a new range of novel “frosted foods” introduced in the late 40s – an era when home freezers themselves were still a novelty. Today, a bag of frozen peas is a default shopping list item for many Australian households.
Unlike other frozen foods, the frozen pea suffers little discrimination in comparison to its fresh cousin, even from the most fervent foodies. In fact, it’s accepted that in Australia, where peas can grow rapidly and lose their sweetness, frozen peas, picked when young and tender and usually snap-frozen within two hours, are often superior in flavour to the short-seasoned, freshly podded pea.
