Shelling peas are in season now and you can get them at farmer's markets or grocery stores. They are these fat peas that you peel by hand and eat raw. This was a sort of critical point in the summer for me as a kid because that's when summer vacation started. As a kid, I used to hide in the neighbour's garden (these plant grew tall enough that a kid can effectively hide in them) and just eat and eat and eat, and throw the empty shells on the ground. The benefit was the oxygen from the mass of leaves combined with the shade, made for an escape from the summer heat. Some of them are super sweet, some of them a bit more neutral. They're a bit crunchy and the process of shelling, eating, shelling, eating... just the repetitiveness of it is meditating. It's a bit like eating edamame, but not cooked and no salt, and you eat them immediately after being picked.
I got the ones in the picture from a farmer's market, a quart of them (~50 peas in total) was $2.50 and it took me about 20 minutes to eat the whole thing because I didn't even realize I was eating them so fast until I looked back into the bag and realized it was all just empty shells. The best way to eat them (in private of course), it to crack open the shell and then dig your mouth into them and eat all of the seeds in one gulp. A close-second is to pick them out one by one. Either way, enjoy! Third best way is to collect all the seeds, and cook them then put them into salads, pasta, or whatever.
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