Just Like Shelling Peas

In a scene right out of a nineteenth-century novel, I came home a couple days ago to find Erica and Jack shelling peas on the back porch.

Chocolate and Zucchini has a detailed tutorial on shelling peas (and in good Parisian nose-to-tail fashion, also a recipe for a soup made from the pods).

We served our handful of peas with this very simple sesame dressing from Epicurious.

(Other bizarre Internet finds: the tagline of this e-commerce site is "Just like shelling peas.")