Chickpeas

The chickpea experiment continues. This week I found that you should wait to pick the chickpea pods until they turn yellow. Green pods produce weird green peas when they are dried. Yellow pods produce pale tan peas like those found in cans or bags in the store. I am getting one pea per pod.
From left to right: a green chickpea, tan chickpea, a dried commercial chickpea from Walmart:

Here's a closeup of an open pod:

The chickpea pods are fuzzy and tough! They pop open like little balloons when you open them.