| Parched pea`s anyone ? |
| Sandieh | [8D]Now as you can see I`m in Australia, I think it was Bill who mentioned being able to buy parched pea`s outside the old Palace cinema. Aussie`s would`nt know what parched pea`s are, they dont even have mushy pea`s in the chippy`s here and certainly not steak pudding`s.
I can make my own mushy pea`s but ???
How do you make parched pea`s and what sort of pea`s are they ???
Sandra (Craving parched pea`s LOL )[:(] |
| Caroline | They're called maple peas and I used to get them in Booths. You soak them overnight and them boil 'em up till tender, then add salt and vinegar. I think I'm right! |
| Hayleypink | what are they? |
| William R | Parched peas are dark brown, with a soft texture and slightly salted. I believe they are lightly fried in dripping (may be wrong). They were dispensed in paper bags which were always greasy - I think they were the fore runner of the bag of crisps for the pictures. In Barnsley Market Hall there is a stall which sells tripe, black pudding, bits of cow-heel on small plates for people top "enjoy" whilst they are shopping. You can buy any part of the pig on that stall, unmentional parts as well, with fancy names. Ughh.! Do they still sell take away black pudding on Bury market? From over the Pennines, Cheerio, Bill. |
| William R | Martin, I`ve just noticed I have achieved 300 postings, Cheerio, Bill. |
| LDunlop76 | Well done, Bill, but we're all still chasing Noel! How does he do it? <g> |
| Martin | Congrats Bill... I have made it my ambition to overtake Noel this year.
I could do it by locking all the topics and being the only poster for the next month, but I think I'll just have to post more.
Anyway, back to the parched peas. I have never felt any kind of urge to eat them. Do they taste nice? |
| William R | Martin, Honest - it must be sixty years since I had the pleasure of tasting Lou Brown`s parched peas, should I say a kind of nutty taste for p/p`s, anyway they were good. Once went with a girl in London at the end of the War to her grannie`s. The main dish for tea was winkles, served in a toureen, with special pearl handled needles to get the winkles out. Like parched peas, a taste never forgotten, but hard to recall. They lived at Green Gates near East Ham, near the docks, happy days! Cheerio, Bill. |
| noel | Congratulations Willaim on your triple century. You're wrong about the frying in dripping though they are just boiled. Mrs Smalley who lived in East ST Farington . back in the fifties used to make great big pans full of the stuff and sell them 3d a bag on special days like bonfire night. Went to get my hair cut last night and sadly when I got there the door-step was covered in flowers. Steve's in Lostock Hall, apparently he died suddenly the other day. Very sad and absolutely nothing to do with parched peas, sorry.
Used to love them at the time . |
| Hayleypink | ummmm maybe we can try some next time we visit leyland martin? |
| Sandieh | How about this..I told a Chilean friend how to make mushy peas I took some over for her to try, when I saw her a few days later she said she loved the peas on toast, thats a new one to me, I havent tried it yet.
Having no luck finding Maple pea`s, Black pea`s, or pigeon pea`s in Perth so I guess parched pea`s are out. [8D] |
| LDunlop76 | Peas on toast? Well, I suppose we have beans on toast, so why not peas? They're both from the legume family.
But as Wigan is home to the Heinz beans factory (and I'm not over-fond of peas!) I think I'll stick to beans on *my* toast! <g> |
| Martin | quote:
Originally posted by Hayleypink
ummmm maybe we can try some next time we visit leyland martin?
I still don't have the urge to try them!
But you can have a bag all to your self Hayley[;)] |
| Spitfire | My most vivid memory of parched peas was not the taste but the ability aim them. Many was the times we were ejected from the Saturday morning cinema for using them as missiles when the lights went down. If the manager couldn`t identify the culprit, whole rows of kids were ejected. I know it sounds like rowdy behaviour, but at least nobody ever got hurt! |
| Caroline | Parch peas are lovely ! When I'm next over, it'll be my mission to find some and then I can send you some, Sandieh... |
| Kath smith | Try Preston Flag Market the stand that sells boiled spuds used to sell them, I might even walk up that way and see if they do and let you know next week. Can't see them being very fresh when you get back to Aussie though! |
| Caroline | I meant the dried do-it-yerself-ones!! |
| Spitfire | Caroline, I wonder if some things are best left to lie in the memory. Just think of the shattered illusions if your taste had changed and you didn`t like them second time around! |