Chances are, your guests, your children, and your best friends say they dislike peas. Especially peas and carrots. Baby carrots bore us all. Challenge accepted.
First off, at this time of the year, ditch the frozen variety. This is the season for fresh, sweet spring peas; markets and some stores sell them already shucked for ease of use. The flavor and texture of a fresh pea versus the ubiquitous frozen will astound most eaters. Fresh peas are so sweet, they barely need cooking—a couple of minutes in salted boiling water will do.
