Wishing only to help your household, I am offering Louise my secret ingredient that has made the Pea Surprise so stunning to the taste buds.  Long ago, the Pea Surprise was a favorite among the early settlers in Kentucky.  The pea, even though grown as a Sweet Pea - its pods heavy with the fat little peas, hanging so gloriously to the eye from slender stems -often lacked the anticipated sweetness - seemed a perfect dinner for the pigs.  And so it was.  But one day, the self proclaimed head gardener decided to inject a drop or two of bourbon into each seedling when he planted row upon row of Sweet Peas.  Never before had there been such a joyous time for the Early Settlers there in Kentucky.  The peas were always sweet!

Even with all of that, Miss Blue, I always add the best Kentucky Bourbon to my Pea Surprise recipe.  I imagine Louise will choose her own brand of bourbon, unique to Louise, of course.  Well, Miss Blue, I only hope that the awful recipes you mentioned in your letter have become a thing of the past and that Louise will accept the recipe and make it her very own, with no reference to me.  The Early Settlers would have wanted it that way.

Yours in good eating, Pearl