Mushy Peas
 

Ill post this in the recipe thread too, just in case anyone else doesnt want to pay $2 at staters for a small can of Bachelors (as lovely as they are)..


Ingredients

1 (10 ounce) package frozen green peas 1/4 cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions
Bring a shallow pot of lightly salted water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add frozen peas, and cook for 3 minutes, or until tender.

Drain peas, and transfer to a blender or large food processor. Add cream, butter, salt and pepper to peas, and BLITZ until blended, but still thick with small pieces of peas. Adjust seasonings to taste, and serve immediately.

Re: Mushy Peas
 

God. Sounds absolutely disgusting.

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I guess they are a bit like brussel sprouts in that sense..not everyones cup of tea..great with fish and chips though...

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An Ozzie friend gave some American friends of ours fish chips and mushy peas at his bar, eventually after staring at the peas, tasting them, and messing with them one of them said, this guacamole tastes funny! :rofl:

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Thats priceless...;) but not suprising...my wife wont even sit at the same table when i'm eating them...I put her in the corner with a dunce hat!!

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I'm up the corner with your wife (insert vomit icon!)

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Don't know what your missing...who wouldn't like a bag of peas mixed with whipping cream? and annihalated in a blender..yum yum

Maybe it's a northern thing? I've heard southern wufters don't like em :)

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Actually I think it sounds pretty good. It's like the creamed peas & onions my dad used to make for Thanksgiving. Just that in our case the peas weren't blended, but they were in a yummy white cream sauce. Mmmmm.

Rene

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Interesting...I think it all depends if you like peas...

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Rene,

Take it from me, the 'normal' UK mushy peas DO NOT contain cream, they are processed peas boiled with sugar until they resemble in texture, color and probably taste the contents of a babies nappy!

SDDep has given you a very posh version, of the things! :D

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Quite right Traceym,

I had a morrisons card that called for Creme Fraiche..even posher...

To be quite honest, they even smell like nappy contents...but i still like em:)

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And the 'normal' mushy peas are a lot easier to make, just boil them to death in a pan of water (dried marrowfat peas) with a couple tbs's sugar. Yummy!!
I have a couple of tins in the cupboard, hubby won't touch them, but that is fine with me;)

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I had a coupla boxes of the Bigga marrowfat peas but I think er indoors chucked em out:(

I wonder if you can buy those peas in a health food store or something...maybe I can grow them, normal peas and bush beans flourish in my climate..I'll have to look into it.

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Not sure about which store to buy them, but you can get them online;)

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OK, they don't sound so good anymore. :unsure:

Rene