Snow pea
Sugar Snap Pea (Pisum sativum sativum conv. Axiphium )
The Sugar Snap Pea (Pisum sativum subsp. Sativum convar. Axiphium ) is a pea variety from the Fabaceae family. Other Names for Sugar Snap Pea are sugar pea, Kaiserschote, Kiefelerbse, sugar pod or Mange - tout.
Cultivation
The Sugar Snap Pea is found in Europe, North America, India and parts of Africa. You probably descends from the wild pea ( Pisum elatius ).
For the cultivation of the optimum pH between 6.5 and 7, seedlings located tolerate temperatures to -4 ° C. Based on these claims, the production is concentrated in Germany on the deep humus-rich soils in Saxony- Anhalt.
Young pods of this variety are very, so usually eaten with the sleeve. You can eat the whole pods raw or cooked. Hence the name Mange - tout, eat French manger tout = and = everything.