What is mangetout?

Occasionally, when it is available, I pick up a copy of BBC Good Food magazine, which I love almost as much as Canadian Living. In some of the recipes, I have seen an ingredient called "mangetout" but have no idea what that is. I see it in savoury recipes so I reckon it is something to do with vegetables but I'm not sure. At least if I knew what it was, I would have an idea what readily available ingredients I could substitute. Thanks!

http://www.recipezaar.com/library/mange-tout-693

basically, any veggie where you eat it pod and all, but i usually think it refers to snow peas or snap peas....

Mangetout (French for eat all) is what we call sugar snap peas in Europe!

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As a fellow Canadian, I can tell you with assurity Irmgard, that Mangetout is what Canadians call Snow Peas.

Mangetout are the flat snow peas, the type you often see in stir fry mixes in the US. You can also use the fatter sugar snap peas if you prefer, depending on which is in season/more available where you are located.

marie - we only knew them as snow peas. then snap peas came along..... so easy to grow too

Thanks, ladies, for answering my question!