Its origins in prehistory. There is evidence that, by the year 7000 the fossils found in a JC deposits in India, the Neolithic period. There is also evidence that in India is consumed since ancient times as well as in China, as it went from India. In Europe probably came from Egypt and Palestine until the sixteenth century and was used dry, to feed the animals. Since that time, men began to eat it and grow it to eat it fresh. The Pea is a tuber which belongs to the family Leguminosae and the sub-family of Papilionoideas. It needs a temperate climate, rather wet, with a flinty-loam soil, for proper cultivation. The major producers of peas are India, China, USA, France and the UK. Aunue a large part of the collection is intended for the manufacture of animal feed for use in cooking is associated with delicate dishes and garnishes sophisticated haute cuisine.