to think that peas are a vegetable

[CleverPlansAndSecretTricks]

DS (4) loves peas. So I give him them often and feel a warm glow of being a good parent because he is eating vegetables.

But....

I have detected murmurings on mumsnet said they are not a vegetable!!
Wtf are they then? And am I, in fact, a failure who is dooming my child's future health because he won't eat cabbage or Kale?

[misskatamari]

Of course they're a veg!

[GummyBunting]

Oh no don't take peas away...

[ThreeBeanRap]

what else are they then?

[Mintyy]

Where are the murmurings on Mumsnet?

[Theycallmemellowjello]

I eat bucket loads of peas! I guess technically they're a legume, but I think of that as being a sub species of vegetable...

[TheSpottedZebra]

Are they frozen peas?

[BrandNewAndImproved]

They are legumes as is sweetcorn.

They still count as a 5 a day, that's how baked beans can say they're one of your 5 a day as well.

[AnyoneButAndre]

Botanically speaking they're fruit, but they definitely count as part of your 5 a day

[GrandadGrumps]

Sweetcorn isn't a legume! There's a clue in the name!

[BrandNewAndImproved]

Oops your right grandad.

[0x530x610x750x630x79]

sweetcorn isn't good, as most of it comes out exactly the same as it went in (check your poo out after eating a big portion.

whereas peas can be digested by you, so don't come out whole.

[pinkmanbitch]

I'm still royally bitter that peas (and sweetcorn) aren't super free foods on slimming world

[DoreenLethal]

They are legumes as is sweetcorn

Sweetcorn is a grass.

[MissFitt68]

They are high carb, so not great for me personally

[CheesecakeDreams]

Sweet corn doesn't come out the same! The skins can't be digested so they fill up with waste so look the same but aren't!

[CleverPlansAndSecretTricks]

They are high carb?? Tell me it's not true! Maybe that's why I'm a fatty

[onthematleavecountdown]

Def a 1 of 5 a day vegetable. Even the frozen ones are. Actually I'm sure frozen peas are better for you as they are frozen soon after picking. Anyone confirm that?

[catfordbetty]

Let's give peas a chance.

[Idontseeanytimelords]

They must be a vegetable, they're one of the only veggies everyone in the family will eat without moaning!!

Give peas a chance

[Idontseeanytimelords]

X post Catford

[starfishmummy]

My DS adores having a bowl of "poddy peas". Stil in their pods to take out and eat raw. Saves me a lot of work!! He has problems with his hands due to disability; shelling them has been brilliant therapy for his fine motor skills.

[catfordbetty]

Someone had to do it.