tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post5179659778387814454..comments2024-03-29T13:47:52.160+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: H.E. The Ambassador for Little Known Foods.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78605614667603958062023-02-06T17:33:45.153+00:002023-02-06T17:33:45.153+00:00I would have long forgotten about pease pudding bu...I would have long forgotten about pease pudding but for the rhyme:<br />Pease pudding hot,<br />Pease pudding cold,<br />Pease pudding in the pot,<br />Nine days old.<br /><br />Love mushy peas. But then I'm a Northerner.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74019295068110573722023-02-06T05:27:25.734+00:002023-02-06T05:27:25.734+00:00Yes, but we'll forgive you. They are interchan...Yes, but we'll forgive you. They are interchangeable.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-41476645277139832082023-02-05T22:47:14.074+00:002023-02-05T22:47:14.074+00:00Now after reading other comments it was porridge n...Now after reading other comments it was porridge not pudding. that the nursery rhyme was here.Gemma's personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740156670047388540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55310690765515826782023-02-05T22:37:58.391+00:002023-02-05T22:37:58.391+00:00Pease pudding hot , pease pudding cold, pease pudd...Pease pudding hot , pease pudding cold, pease pudding in the pot, nine days old. U.S.Gemma's personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740156670047388540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63106930168203337562023-02-05T17:03:12.806+00:002023-02-05T17:03:12.806+00:00My mother used to make it for me, but I never knew...My mother used to make it for me, but I never knew it as Pease Pudding. It was just 'something we ate and liked'. My mother was a Shropshire lass.<br /><br />We'll have to fight over the origin!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91732006491101246102023-02-05T17:01:03.937+00:002023-02-05T17:01:03.937+00:00The sausages I know well, but what is Potted Beef?...The sausages I know well, but what is Potted Beef? Is it like Corned Beef? Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84606928106659604562023-02-05T16:59:42.532+00:002023-02-05T16:59:42.532+00:00I shall make some in France this summer. I have a ...I shall make some in France this summer. I have a big bag of yellow split peas there that are just waiting to be used for something!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-665795269546851052023-02-05T16:58:21.398+00:002023-02-05T16:58:21.398+00:00Which is where I always believed the name came fro...Which is where I always believed the name came from. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23207747030561520102023-02-05T16:55:02.155+00:002023-02-05T16:55:02.155+00:00I am aware of the Sussex village named Pease Potta...I am aware of the Sussex village named Pease Pottage, but I maintain that Pease Pudding is a speciality of the North East, from Durham going northwards to be exact!<br />My great Grandmother was born in Blaydon, County Durham in 1870, and fed all three of her daughters on Pease Pudding. <br />She lived to be 95, and used to make Pease Pudding for me when I was a child! XColhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191036562913935116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14955238113876241562023-02-05T16:19:33.540+00:002023-02-05T16:19:33.540+00:00Good quality Lincolnshire sausage and potted beef....Good quality Lincolnshire sausage and potted beef.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31260246789208834092023-02-05T14:52:08.632+00:002023-02-05T14:52:08.632+00:00Will you make some Pease Pudding? Homemade versio...Will you make some Pease Pudding? Homemade versions of many canned delights lack preservatives. I've never come across Pease Pudding during my travels in England. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72301160368450332292023-02-05T14:11:37.557+00:002023-02-05T14:11:37.557+00:00I'm from Sussex and I've never eaten Pease...I'm from Sussex and I've never eaten Pease Pudding. There is, of course, a village in Sussex called Pease Pottage. Apparently the village used to feed the convicts with this stuff on their way from London to the south coast.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7749264908927918672023-02-05T13:11:00.717+00:002023-02-05T13:11:00.717+00:00Goodness; we learn something every day!!! I'd ...Goodness; we learn something every day!!! I'd never heard of this.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19372257610510155922023-02-05T13:09:51.874+00:002023-02-05T13:09:51.874+00:00The Sussex Anthem?The Sussex Anthem?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4992792439097781132023-02-05T12:41:30.594+00:002023-02-05T12:41:30.594+00:00"Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pea..."Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old; Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, nine days old".Hillybeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734562518717135337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3363327735346444502023-02-05T12:18:16.515+00:002023-02-05T12:18:16.515+00:00I have a Lucky Iron Fish that I add to my soups an...I have a Lucky Iron Fish that I add to my soups and stews while they cook to add iron to my diet. I never thought of a rusty hinge. Could have saved myself some money. :DAndi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36975889176215159332023-02-05T10:57:05.774+00:002023-02-05T10:57:05.774+00:00If you cook some Yellow Split Peas over a slow hea...If you cook some Yellow Split Peas over a slow heat for an hour or so, it will become mush. Drain it through muslin overnight, and you have Pease Pudding. A little salt and pepper, and maybe some vinegar, and you have a wonderful accompaniment to pork chops, gammon, etc.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3635305265146973952023-02-05T10:54:41.380+00:002023-02-05T10:54:41.380+00:00Mr Google can be wrong!!!Mr Google can be wrong!!!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59495372146524739832023-02-05T10:53:49.333+00:002023-02-05T10:53:49.333+00:00It is said here that it was originally known as Pe...It is said here that it was originally known as Pease Pottage after the Sussex village of the same name, then later became Pease Pudding. But, who knows; the origins of such things are claimed all over.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21383725095494530352023-02-05T09:38:14.961+00:002023-02-05T09:38:14.961+00:00Never had Pease pudding though I've heard of i...Never had Pease pudding though I've heard of it. Mushy peas seem to be a national dish these days. <br />They are regularly offered here as an alternative to "normal" peas. Fish, chips and mushy peas are almost a traditional Spanish delicacy!Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54494754870587526312023-02-05T09:03:32.369+00:002023-02-05T09:03:32.369+00:00Hardly a delicacy Frances. It was something the p...Hardly a delicacy Frances. It was something the poor could make to fill an otherwise half empty plate. I agree it was common in the NE and regarded as a northern staple.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27445632690186354492023-02-05T08:48:44.778+00:002023-02-05T08:48:44.778+00:00PS . I have just " googled" where pease...PS . I have just " googled" where pease pudding originates from and they all say NE. Not a mention of Sussex! Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74116480358979815862023-02-05T08:46:05.959+00:002023-02-05T08:46:05.959+00:00I always thought that Pease pudding was a NE delic...I always thought that Pease pudding was a NE delicacy. When I worked in Newcastle upon Tyne, pease pudding and ham on a slice of "stottie" was a favourite lunch.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21003685139395048792023-02-05T08:39:43.502+00:002023-02-05T08:39:43.502+00:00p.s. I didn't know that Heinz own L & P...p.s. I didn't know that Heinz own L & P's. That changes everything. Thanks.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14984308645664030962023-02-05T08:32:35.729+00:002023-02-05T08:32:35.729+00:00I totally agree, the price of L & P's is o...I totally agree, the price of L & P's is outrageous. I now also buy the Heinz version. I don't find it as good, but I'm used to it now. Here in the UK I buy Sainsbury's own label.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com