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Published 1988
Snow peas are among the most popular of Cantonese vegetables. Oddly, when I was a child in Sun Tak, I remember they were referred to as hor lan dau, which translates into “Holland beans.” Presumably, those first seedlings came from Europe. Now, however, they are referred to as seut dau, or “snow peas.” In France, Belgium, and parts of England they are mange-touts, which caused