This is a continuation of the fruit and veg theme (click on the “EMFV” in the TAG CLOUD for the other posts).
Three heaped tablespoons of peas counts as one healthy portion, and they can accompany just about any cooked meal.
However, using the tablespoon to eat them is definitely not the thing to do. It is an art in itself to collect them with a knife and fork and lift them to your mouth without too many dropping off. Spearing them with your fork is also not allowed.
The etiquette of eating peas probably explains why children don’t include them in their list of favourite foods. Potentially resulting in increased health impairment for the rest of your life.
GrumbleSmiles 
well, well yo old son of a gun etiqute and peas? It brings back my primary school days in the 50’s and a what was to me personnal a new fangled fruit, and a craze at the time, and that is how one should eat a pomegranite! It was a so and so to peel, and then how did one eat the little redbits: Eurekawas heard by the schools high society club! Just get a pin, and then pin out individual seeds bit by bit. If one took a bit then the mouth was full , but the excess seeds fell over ones clothing