Peas are also imported from Mexico, China, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The pea we know as the green pea, English pea and garden pea falls into the latter category. As to specific varieties, most commercial peas are either called Garden or English peas, and that s that. Petit pois are not a variety of pea but merely green peas that have been picked before full maturity. Thus, they are smaller than normal green peas.
Snap peas look like mini versions of the pods of green peas.
The difference is that these pods are edible. Sugar snap and Sugar Daddy are the two varieties of sugar snap peas , the latter being a cross between the green pea and the snow pea. In addition, the Sugar Daddy is stringless. However, even sugar snaps with strings don t necessarily need to be stringed before cooking. Snow peas used to be seen only in Chinese restaurants.