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Old 06-07-2015, 16:08
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I love mushy peas, either with fish and chips or with pie and chips. i don't really have them with anything else though, and prefer garden peas to marrowfat. Better still are fresh pea pods. I made a pea and ham soup with fresh pea pods recently and was surprised at how much it tasted like mushy peas. I don't know why I was surprised really when I thought about it,. it's just blended peas afterall, I just wasn't expecting the taste to be so similar with using fresh garden peas..
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Old 06-07-2015, 17:58
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yes - I like mushy peas

Got a huge catering sized tin of them - I may need to freeze most of the contents when I do open the tin [ into lots of bagged up single serving portions ]
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Old 13-07-2015, 21:15
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Always get mushy peas with my fish and chips, thankfully my local chippy doesn't use mushy peas with tons of colouring. They are a slight green colour rather than the day glow green you get in some places.
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Old 17-07-2015, 20:39
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Being a Southerner who moved oop north, it took me a while to try this exotic local delicacy - they serve plates of it with mint sauce around here
I've still not had a plate of peas, but I do now like mushy peas with my fish 'n chips - though I'm still holding out against gravy or curry sauce

Anyway I hope the OP reports back on their culinary exploits!
I don't get this, i'm a southerner who lives near Bournemouth and pretty much every chippy i've ever been to here has always done mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy! And they are all gorgeous!!
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Old 17-07-2015, 20:58
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I don't get this, i'm a southerner who lives near Bournemouth and pretty much every chippy i've ever been to here has always done mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy! And they are all gorgeous!!
I'm the same, I live in the Midlands but whenever I go down south they always have those things in the chip shops in touristy areas and non tourist areas.
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Old 18-07-2015, 10:35
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My wife and I had Fish n chips in the park and sunshine this evening and we had them with some very delicious mushy peas. (and chip shop curry sauce too)

A grand meal indeed. We had them in the paper while sat on the grass. A perfect way to end this extremely hot day. Then an ice cream from the van and then the pub for a cold pint.
That sounds simply superb.

Can I come next time, please?
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Old 18-07-2015, 11:09
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That sounds simply superb.

Can I come next time, please?
I'll send you an invite.
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Old 18-07-2015, 11:52
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I've always enjoyed a portion of mushy peas with my fish and chips.
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Old 18-07-2015, 12:40
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I've never had mushy peas as far as I can recall, but I was wondering if I could use them to make pea and ham soup?
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Old 18-07-2015, 13:00
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As a southerner I have obviously never tried them. I just looked them up on Google Images though and am astounded that they look like Waitrose guacamole dip. Are they not one and the same thing?
You're in good company on this one. Prince Charles made a similar error when he was on one of those walk about/ribbon cutting trips, some years back.

Since I knew what mushy peas were I was shocked to learn that he didn't, because to me they are so quintessentially British. (He on the other hand was impressed that dinner ladies were serving guacamole!)
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Old 18-07-2015, 13:39
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I don't get this, i'm a southerner who lives near Bournemouth and pretty much every chippy i've ever been to here has always done mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy! And they are all gorgeous!!
Same for me, I used to live in London, and also spent some time in Hertfordshire, and my experience was the same as yours.
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Old 18-07-2015, 22:27
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You're in good company on this one. Prince Charles made a similar error when he was on one of those walk about/ribbon cutting trips, some years back.

Since I knew what mushy peas were I was shocked to learn that he didn't, because to me they are so quintessentially British. (He on the other hand was impressed that dinner ladies were serving guacamole!)
You sure it wasn't Peter Mandelson?
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Old 19-07-2015, 00:32
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You sure it wasn't Peter Mandelson?
Nope. It was Charles. I'd quote the excerpt, but I don't have the book I read it in any more. It was a book about food and social history.

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Old 19-07-2015, 00:47
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Come on Orangemaid have you tried them yet
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Old 19-07-2015, 09:41
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I've never had mushy peas as far as I can recall, but I was wondering if I could use them to make pea and ham soup?
you use the same peas to make both........dried marrowfat peas soaked overnight

Obviously for mushy peas you cook them in a lot less liquid and you have to keep your eye on them as the liquid might need topping up to stop the peas sticking to the pan

For a panful of pea soup I use 3 handfuls of dried peas which plump up as you soak them

I would cook them in about pint and a half of water (with powdered stock added) and top it up if needed as it cooks

If you're doing it with ham I'd maybe fry the ham first with an onion and garlic then add the water, stock and peas

The peas cook in about 45 minutes then you can zap it in a blender if you want thick soup but I usually just leave it as it is
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Old 19-07-2015, 10:20
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you use the same peas to make both........dried marrowfat peas soaked overnight

Obviously for mushy peas you cook them in a lot less liquid and you have to keep your eye on them as the liquid might need topping up to stop the peas sticking to the pan

For a panful of pea soup I use 3 handfuls of dried peas which plump up as you soak them

I would cook them in about pint and a half of water (with powdered stock added) and top it up if needed as it cooks

If you're doing it with ham I'd maybe fry the ham first with an onion and garlic then add the water, stock and peas

The peas cook in about 45 minutes then you can zap it in a blender if you want thick soup but I usually just leave it as it is
Thank you so much for this. I was thinking of cooking a ham hock in the pressure cooker, removing it to cube the meat and use the ham stock to cook the peas. That would work wouldn't it?
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Old 19-07-2015, 10:39
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Thank you so much for this. I was thinking of cooking a ham hock in the pressure cooker, removing it to cube the meat and use the ham stock to cook the peas. That would work wouldn't it?
I don't think I've ever had ham hock so I'm not quite sure what it is

the main thing is saltiness ......I've tried using stock from ham joints and it was so salty I ended up chucking it away

Not sure if ham hock is preserved with salt or is a 'fresh' joint of meat, in the latter case it should be OK........

I use Marigold vegetable stock for all soups and would probably still use a spoonful even if using real meat stock, it adds so much depth. But it would probably be OK without, I'd just be worried the soup would be a bit 'watery'

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Old 19-07-2015, 11:12
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I don't think I've ever had ham hock so I'm not quite sure what it is

the main thing is saltiness ......I've tried using stock from ham joints and it was so salty I ended up chucking it away

Not sure if ham hock is preserved with salt or is a 'fresh' joint of meat, in the latter case it should be OK........

I use Marigold vegetable stock for all soups and would probably still use a spoonful even if using real meat stock, it adds so much depth. But it would probably be OK without, I'd just be worried the soup would be a bit 'watery'
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Old 20-07-2015, 17:34
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I like mushy peas very much.

Always use Farrows Giant Marrowfat processed peas. Like Heinz when it comes to baked beans, there really is no room for substitute.

Need to add a fair bit of water to the saucepan and heat more furiously before allowing to reduce. This ensures a thick, gelatinous sauce that can be applied like wet plaster to all manner of chips or fish.
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Old 25-07-2015, 19:17
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Just had a meat pie and mushy peas (home made) for tea......

They were delicious, I got the consistency exactly right........

I think the secret was that I cooked the peas earlier today in just enough watter t cover them, topped up with small amounts as it reduced and I took them off the hob just as the peas were breaking up.......then I left them in the pan for 4 or 5 hours until tea time and the peas soaked up all the liquid

Then I took a ladle full at tea time and warmed them up in another pan

The remaining cooked peas will now form the basis of a pea and vegetable soup tomorrow........
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Old 21-08-2015, 22:42
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Come on Orangemaid have you tried them yet
lol yea tonight, and they were nice http://i59.tinypic.com/211v6lx.jpg ok not the best picture but i still enjoyed them
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Old 22-08-2015, 02:06
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Pleased that you enjoyed
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Old 22-08-2015, 05:29
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Yes, I love them, but not tinned ones, we have several chippys and everyone of them are different and I know which ones i'll keep clear off...I'm very fussy when it comes to musy peas!!!


In October, when our annual fair comes , i'll have my usual musy peas and mint sauce my hubby looks on in disgust, he always says, how can you eat that on it's own and goes into a rant about how uncivilised it is!!! Lol
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Old 23-08-2015, 17:23
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In October, when our annual fair comes , i'll have my usual musy peas and mint sauce my hubby looks on in disgust, he always says, how can you eat that on it's own and goes into a rant about how uncivilised it is!!! Lol
Is that Hull Fair, I'm hoping to get there this year for the first time in about 10 years.
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Old 25-08-2015, 01:10
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Is that Hull Fair, I'm hoping to get there this year for the first time in about 10 years.
No it's Ilkeston in Derbyshire... Do you like going on rides???
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