Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: New cultivars of peas were developed by the English during this time which became known as garden peas and English peas .
Simplified: Fresh peas are also used in pot pies , salads and casseroles . Pod peas ( particularly sweet cultivars called mangetout and sugar peas , or the flatter `` snow peas , '' called hÃ lÃ n dÃ u , è å