Pea arrived to Europe from Minor Asia. People gorged with it already in ancient times. There are even Roman recipes of pea dishes as old as 2000 years. Polish people especially took a liking to pea and it got settled in old Polish cuisine very early (pea with mushrooms, pea soup with Polish sausage). Dried pea possesses precious nutrition values and is a product of a high-calorie. It contains as much as 20% of protein and 60% of carbohydrates. Pea is advisable for people working physically and for sportsmen.