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A pea so polite it tells you, by name, to eat it whole.
means A flat, tender pea pod eaten whole, pod and all, before the peas inside have swelled — also known as the snow pea or sugar snap.
from Straight from French: 'mange tout' literally means 'eat all,' from 'manger' (to eat) and 'tout' (all). English borrowed the phrase wholesale, turning a culinary instruction into a vegetable's name — the pod is so soft you waste nothing, so you eat the lot.
- name origin
- French for eat it all, pods included
- flat trick
- Picked young before peas bulge inside
- royal pea
- Cultivated for European courts since the 1500s
- snap cousin
- Sugar snaps are its plumper relative
- raw ready
- Crisp enough to eat straight off the vine
for instance
mange tout pea variety — edible pod pea cultivar grown worldwide, particularly popular in asian and french cuisine
mange tout restaurant london — michelin-starred french restaurant operated in mayfair, london from 1985-2002