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Name: tk murchison texas (Zone 8a)    texaskitty111 Sep 26, 2014 11:51 AM CST |
I'm trying to add a picture of my pigley pigeon pea to the plant database, but I'm doing it wrong. This is what I have entered: Cauliflower is just a cabbage with a college education (mark twain) |
Name: Kent Pfeiffer Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)             |
| I'm assuming "pigley" is part of the common name not a cultivar name. If so, the plant is already in the database here: Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) IF "pigley" is a cultivar of pigeon peas, you would need to add it like this: Primary common name: Pigeon Pea Accepted botanical name(Genus species): Cajanus cajan Cultivar: Pigley |
Name: tk murchison texas (Zone 8a) texaskitty111 Sep 26, 2014 12:33 PM CST |
 Cauliflower is just a cabbage with a college education (mark twain) |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)          greene Sep 29, 2014 7:54 PM CST |
| I think that Baker Creek used the made up name 'Pigley' to make the seeds sound cute. Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: tk murchison texas (Zone 8a) texaskitty111 Sep 29, 2014 8:46 PM CST |
| Can you describe the taste of pigeon peas, Greene? I'm hoping they aren't like black eyed peas. Cauliflower is just a cabbage with a college education (mark twain) |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) greene Sep 29, 2014 10:16 PM CST |
| My favorite vegetable is broccoli. Second favorite is homestyle baked beans with brown sugar and molasses, mmmmm, good. Apologies to people who actually like black eyed peas, but I have never eaten a black eyed pea so don't know what they taste like. Sorry, I don't like to eat Pigeon Peas; I only like to grow them.  I often grow vegetables so my neighbors can have free food; or I grow the plants so I can save seeds to trade.  I could hide the Pigeon Peas in a vegetable soup like Minestrone and fool myself - to me they are like Lima beans, yuck; toss a handful of Pigeon Peas into a spicy rice dish and maybe I wouldn't notice them; make a curry soup and use the blender to make them disappear - curry makes everything taste good. Some people prepare the Pigeon Peas (in the pods) like Edamame...another thing I don't care for, but maybe with enough salt.??  Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Lin Florida (Zone 9b)          plantladylin Sep 30, 2014 11:53 AM CST |
| I agree with greene, I think "Pigley" Pigeon Peas is probably just a common name used by Baker Creek Nursery and I bet if you e-mailed them they would tell you if it's a cultivar or a common name. It's been awhile but I had Pigeon Peas with some kind of rice dish a long time ago when vacationing in the Bahamas (at least I think they were Pigeon Peas) and they didn't taste at all like Black Eyed Peas, but I don't remember them tasting like lima beans either. It's been so long though that I don't remember really how to describe the taste. I love both Black Eyed Peas and Lima Beans but I don't cook either of them very often because my husband doesn't like them and it's too much trouble to cook them just for one. ~ Eat, Sleep .... Play in the dirt ~ |
Name: Lin Florida (Zone 9b) plantladylin Sep 30, 2014 11:55 AM CST |
| By the way, when googling I found this interesting info about growing Pigeon Peas: http://www.tropicalpermacultur... ~ Eat, Sleep .... Play in the dirt ~ |
Name: Sandy B. Ford River, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)       Weedwhacker Sep 30, 2014 9:07 PM CST |
| "Some people prepare the Pigeon Peas (in the pods) like Edamame...another thing I don't care for, but maybe with enough salt.??" Or maybe with enough alcohol, Greene!  - John Powell / Cubits.org - A Universe of Communities / Share your recipes: Favorite Recipes A-Z cubit C/F temp conversion / NGA Member Map |
Name: tk murchison texas (Zone 8a) texaskitty111 Sep 30, 2014 9:30 PM CST |
| Thanks everyone, for all the info. Cauliflower is just a cabbage with a college education (mark twain) |
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