Cookery question

[ixwin]

If a recipe calls for "450g of fresh peas, shelled" would you interpret that as the weight before or after shelling?
Edit: I went with the pre-shelled weight in the end, and it seemed okay - it could have coped with more peas, but probably not as many as there would have been if I'd used 450g post-shelling

Comments

[wildeabandon]

Probably before, although I'd use my judgement depending on how much there was of everything else in the recipe.

[sashajwolf]

Same here. Fwiw, I usually reckon that a 500g bag of unshelled peas will yield enough after shelling to make about 4 portions, though of course it does depend on the recipe.

[emperor]

Before, I would think.

[atreic]

I'd interpret it as after - but then half a kilogram of peas is rather a lot, so I'd get confused.

[atreic]

Depends how many it's serving?

[vanessapyjamas]

I would buy peas either in the 500g bags supermarkets do them in, or in a quantity which looks approximately right at the greengrocers, and would then shell them and eat them without weighing. If it looked like a very stingy portion I might supplement with some frozen peas. If it looked like too many I would be happy. I like peas.