Wasabi Peas
By coffeeshot
@coffeeshot (3783)
Australia
February 26, 2009 12:00am CST
My new addiction. They consist of dried peas covered in wasabi powder. At first they are very hot and wasabi-ish and then they turn sweet. If you breathe the wrong way when you eat them you get wasabi fumes up your nose and you start crying. Everytime I eat one I say to myself 'Ok no more- go and get a drink of milk' but they are just so addictive!!!!! I swear I was having withdrawals today when I was having trouble finding them in the supermarket!
Have you discovered the wonderful joy that is wasabi peas?
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11 responses
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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26 Feb 09
Hi coffeeshot,
please tell me what is Wasabi Peas is as I have never heard of it but is sounds delicious.
Tamara
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@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
28 Feb 09
Wasabi peas are dried peas covered in Wasabi powder. If you don't know what Wasabi is, it is a green paste that is very very spicy and it is Japanese.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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28 Feb 09
Hi coffeeshot,
Now I am missing out on something, we don't have anything like that here in our little town of W. Sussex, in the UK, all we can get is bombay mix, I can eat a whole bag of them so i don't buy them that much, as I can't stop eatting them.
Tamara
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
Hi coffeeshot! I really don't like wasabi sauce and have tried those wasabi peas too before and didn't like them. But my husband loves them and always buys them whenever we go to the only shop that we know of that carries them and that is two hours drive away from our house. 
That far, yikes!
Take care and have a great day!
lovelots..faith
That far, yikes!
Take care and have a great day!
lovelots..faith@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
28 Feb 09
Wow two hours away! I hope your husband really stocks up whenever you visit this store!
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lovelots..faith
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
28 Feb 09
You can find them in the Asian section of your supermarket!
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
28 Feb 09
Yeah last night I realised that my tongue was starting to become irritated by the salt or wasabi burning it! I haven't had any since then but I'm sure I'll finish off my container full before the day's over!
@jhoannejoj (963)
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
Yep yep.. I first tasted it just last year. I almost cried because i didnt realize its wasabi is too strong for me. My boyfriend likes it very much that we tend to include it in our what to buy for the week list. Happy mylotting!
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@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
28 Feb 09
Yes I am addicted and have to have a constant supply on hand.
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
26 Feb 09
I like fried green beans dipped in Wasabi sauce. MMMMMMMM!!! I have to try the peas now that you speak of it.
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
28 Feb 09
My husband absolutely loves those things. I have not aquired a taste for them yet, as I really don't like spicy things like that, but he absolutely loves them. He'll buy a bag of them, and just sit on the couch and eat them, while we're watching TV. I prefer straight coffeebeans, thank you very much. LOL
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
28 Feb 09
Haha I find that the spice is sometimes too much but it only lasts a couple of seconds before it turns sweet. It's a weird sensation.
@missbdoll (1165)
• Australia
1 Mar 09
I only "discovered " them a while back, at a freinds place, they are so ggod and yes reall addictive.
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@Aingealicia (1905)
• United States
1 Mar 09
Oh those little wasabi peas, got to love them.
Ainge
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@littleowl (7157)
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5 Mar 09
I have never heard of wasabi peas so have never tasted them..I live inthe UK but am sure you can buy them from somewhere yet wouldn't know where...littleowl
@Vladilyich1 (1454)
• Canada
28 Feb 09
The Asian market just down from the apartment sells these and I love them. Wasabi is an Asian word meaning "horseradish".
