Field peas are a food for both humans and livestock. They’re the source for the dried split peas you’d find in the store. The variety I grew would make yellow split peas, if I had an easy way to remove the skins.
It’s hard to find recipes for home-grown field peas, because too many recipes consider “field peas” to be another name for cowpeas. These are NOT cowpeas, they’re peas peas. But I haven’t found a way to specify that in the search.
Got it. I was in the ‘cow peas’ camp. ;)