dried peas

[kybackwoodsman]

what bout making dried or parched peas

[trapperxx]

Are dried and parched two different things?
The only time I dry peas is when saving for seed.

[Red Badger]

Are dried and parched two different things?
The only time I dry peas is when saving for seed.

the answer is yes, and no....

Yes it is dried but it uses heat to dry... here is the definition from the Cambridge dictionary...

"adjective (VERY DRY)      /p??t?t/  US  /p??rt?t/
› (especially of earth or crops) dried out because of too much heat and not enough rain:
parched earth/fields/corn
It was the height of summer and the land was parched and brown.
(Definition of parched adjective (VERY DRY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Focus on the pronunciation of parched" 

[bugflipper]

With field peas I just let them dry in the husk on the vine. When they're done I run them through a sheller for my use. For the animals they stay in the husks.