Marrowfat peas Marrowfat peas Marrowfat peas are green mature peas that have been allowed to dry out naturally in the field, rather than be harvested whilst still young like the normal garden pea. They are used to make mushy peas, and also the snack food wasabi peas. Marrowfat peas with a good green color are exported from England to the Middle East and Japan for the snack food market, while paler peas are used for canning. Those with thin skins and a soft texture are ideal for making mushy peas. Marrowfat is a traditional, starchy, large-seeded variety of pea ("Pisum sativum" var.
Edgett-Burnham Canning Company with 60 years of service. Edgett-Burnham was located first on the Erie Canal and the Barge Canal. Both waterways served the firm as avenues for shipping and receiving as did the West Shore Railroad that followed along the Erie Canal through Newark. Business was prosperous through World War One and World War Two, and into the early 1950s. The company produced canned goods under the following labels: By the middle 1950s only contract canning was done, packing corn, peas, beans and beets for large supermarkets and putting the customer's labels on the product. By the 1960s, any company doing business