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Old Mar 30th 2008, 11:15 am
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Isn't pease pudding made from dried split peas?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pease_pudding
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Originally Posted by Meow
Isn't pease pudding made from dried split peas?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pease_pudding
thats what I though. Chickpeas are not exactly a large part of the traditional North east diet
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
thats what I though. Chickpeas are not exactly a large part of the traditional North east diet
Maybe they are getting confused with mushy peas?
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Old Mar 30th 2008, 11:30 am
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
thats what I though. Chickpeas are not exactly a large part of the traditional North east diet
aye ok, I hate the stuff anyway. Split peas, chickpeas, they're all bloody 'orrible.
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
aye ok, I hate the stuff anyway. Split peas, chickpeas, they're all bloody 'orrible.
Ditto! Yuck!!
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Originally Posted by Chris79
Ditto! Yuck!!
ohhh...but how can you live in the ME and not like hummous...

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Old Mar 30th 2008, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
ohhh...but how can you live in the ME and not like hummous...

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it actually makes me gag, its awful.

I did have some nice balines coconut chicken and rice in mirdiff last night though at the food court, better than all the mcdonalds sh*te.
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
it actually makes me gag, its awful.

I did have some nice balines coconut chicken and rice in mirdiff last night though at the food court, better than all the mcdonalds sh*te.
tell me about it...i don't do maccy ds...

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Old Mar 30th 2008, 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
it actually makes me gag, its awful.

I did have some nice balines coconut chicken and rice in mirdiff last night though at the food court, better than all the mcdonalds sh*te.
so you have moved! hope it went well!

pease pudding is lentils that are boiled down until they are smooth then used as a paste on sandwiches. Your Dad is from Shields eh! small world
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Originally Posted by Blue Cat
so you have moved! hope it went well!

pease pudding is lentils that are boiled down until they are smooth then used as a paste on sandwiches. Your Dad is from Shields eh! small world
aye he's a sand dancer like yourself, I know shields pretty well as he used to shop there all the time for everything.
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
aye he's a sand dancer like yourself, I know shields pretty well as he used to shop there all the time for everything.
shopping aint that good to be honest! How long ago did he leave Shields? how old is he?
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Originally Posted by Blue Cat
shopping aint that good to be honest! How long ago did he leave Shields? how old is he?
oh when I was born, 35 years ago, he's getting on a bit now mind, he's 75.
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
oh when I was born, 35 years ago, he's getting on a bit now mind, he's 75.
same age as my Uncle Sonny!
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I miss playing football all today on a Sunday with my friends and then coming home wet and covered from head to toe in mud and lying down on the couch in time to catch Friends reruns on TV
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Originally Posted by Blue Cat
so you have moved! hope it went well!

pease pudding is lentils that are boiled down until they are smooth then used as a paste on sandwiches. Your Dad is from Shields eh! small world
it is actually made from yellow split peas, not lentils.
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