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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Ok i need geographical feedback..

Are Mushy peas eaten everywhere or only ooop north and in the midlands????

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"Ok i need geographical feedback..

Are Mushy peas eaten everywhere or only ooop north and in the midlands????

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can i be so bold as to ask why? your not from sidney uni are ya?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

lol.. no someone just asked me what they were!! they were from darn sarf tho...

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"lol.. no someone just asked me what they were!! they were from darn sarf tho..."
were they from sidney uni?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

hehe not that far sarf!!

London uni!

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"hehe not that far sarf!!

London uni!"

oh....anyway mushy peas, are we talking chip shop style , tinned?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"hehe not that far sarf!!

London uni!oh....anyway mushy peas, are we talking chip shop style , tinned? "

has to be chipshop style

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love em as far as I remember they have been here in S Wales for ever def since I was a kid,

I had some visitors from New Zealand who thought they would go fab cold with a salad !! I never tried myself

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

long overnight soak ones!! theyre the best!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Kiwis are a bit strange tho!! lol

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"long overnight soak ones!! theyre the best!!"
are we still talking peas here?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

yes!! .. big in Wales and Midlands so far.. even exported to NZ via Wales!!

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

i dont fancy mushy kiwis

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

look the same tho!!

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"look the same tho!!"
what kinda mushy peas do you eat????!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apparently sad people eat this disgusting dish everywhere except in my household

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

green sloppy ones!! .. i know that sounds disgusting but with a yorkshire pud and roast beef ..mmmmmmmmmm

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

cool.. can add the west country.. thank you my lover!! lol xx

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"Apparently sad people eat this disgusting dish everywhere except in my household "
oi, nowt wrong with good mushy peas..il spank you madam when i see you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got to be marrowfat....... Wi gravy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Ahhh here we go... so in Scotland.. no mushy peas.. Marrowfat.. lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've just bought some in Tesco's.

I deffo tnink it's a UK thing, I was born in the West Mids grew up on them, my Mrs is Irish and loves them!

Not so popular here though!

Bip.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I love mushy peas. Ive got them for tea with quorn burges. But i have to have mint sauce on them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ahhh here we go... so in Scotland.. no mushy peas.. Marrowfat.. lol"

I`m a Lancashire lad Dusty, wi don`t get em in the chippy up here.

Black peas are better anyway.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"Ahhh here we go... so in Scotland.. no mushy peas.. Marrowfat.. lol

I`m a Lancashire lad Dusty, wi don`t get em in the chippy up here.

Black peas are better anyway. "

oooooooh they are sooooooooooooo good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ahhh here we go... so in Scotland.. no mushy peas.. Marrowfat.. lol

I`m a Lancashire lad Dusty, wi don`t get em in the chippy up here.

Black peas are better anyway. oooooooh they are sooooooooooooo good "

There`s a stall on Bury market, sells them hot to take away, mmmmmmmmmmmm.

I wonder if they sell them at "Partners"?....... On second thoughts maybe not a good idea.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"Ahhh here we go... so in Scotland.. no mushy peas.. Marrowfat.. lol

I`m a Lancashire lad Dusty, wi don`t get em in the chippy up here.

Black peas are better anyway. oooooooh they are sooooooooooooo good

There`s a stall on Bury market, sells them hot to take away, mmmmmmmmmmmm.

I wonder if they sell them at "Partners"?....... On second thoughts maybe not a good idea. "

rimmers unite!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Apparently sad people eat this disgusting dish everywhere except in my household oi, nowt wrong with good mushy peas..il spank you madam when i see you "

You can spank me all you like Miss but i cant stand mushy peas

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"Apparently sad people eat this disgusting dish everywhere except in my household oi, nowt wrong with good mushy peas..il spank you madam when i see you

You can spank me all you like Miss but i cant stand mushy peas "

bollocks to mushy peas!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I love mushy peas. Ive got them for tea with quorn burges. But i have to have mint sauce on them"

what a waste of mint sauce

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

wrong wrong wrong, even the smell is off putting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I lived down south and they certainly do sell them...thisnk your mate is a pretentious wannabee!

only thing i couldn't get was a spam fritter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

get them in tins.

and all the chip shops around here do them.

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

Well Im in the wrong bit of the country to be contributing to the geographical debate..

But Im now really fancying them with mint sauce

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mmmm mushy peas n mint sauce. My fav comfort food!

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By *lackboaWoman
over a year ago

greenock

we have them here too...i like mine with chips.....you can get them in the freezer section .....cos a tin is too much for my dainty appetite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mushy Peas give me the boak.

I have never known of a chippy up here that sells them. Probably they do but its not a thing i look out for.

This thread has now put me in the mood for a fish supper.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Wow.. it seems the Mush rules!!! lol..

Glad its a british love affair!! .. mint sauce.. not had that on MP`s for years.. gonna now tho!!

So it looks like it is just the soft southerners who are into the mighty mush!! lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Up here in St. Andrews, mushy peas were served as a side with the fish and chips in the golf club I cooked in.

They were good enough for the Open and Dunhill links golf qualifiers from all over the world who found them a novel and tasty addition to their meals!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We're in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and love mushy peas.

There's loads of Harry Ramsden chains on the South coat too.

I think your friend has just led a rather sheltered life.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

They do make ya fart though

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Are they Mushy in Harrys tho.. ive asked for peas in there in Pompey and was served Garden peas? lol

God i think im losing the will!! lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had mushy ones in Bournemouth. Garden peas with fish are just wrong (unless covered with ketchup).

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Defo Wrong Wrong Wrong!!! lol x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dundee in Scotland is the first place in Britain that chips were ever served, brought to us all by a Belgian worker who missed his homeland delicacy, (Belgium invented the chip) so he established his own 'buster' stall as they were known then.

They sold chips initially, but then went on to serving them with mushy peas and called them 'pea-busters'

So mushy peas and chips are a Scottish (via belgium) invention!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

oooo get you!! lol..

is that why you guys batter everything?!! lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I googled this for you. xxxxx

Chips are a scottish national obsession. We eat mountains of them every year.

Whether fried in oil, baked or microwaved, a quarter of Scotland’s potatoes end up being sliced into strips and served up as chips. Quick and easy to cook they are consumed on their own as a quick snack or as an accompaniment to just about any meal.

They are one of the most versatile and convenient foodstuffs known to man.

Although Scots may have invented many things, the nation cannot take credit for this culinary wonder. That accolade goes to the Belgians. Legend has it that villagers in the Meuse valley, between Dinant and Liège, created the first chips in 1680. Normally they served their meals with small fish caught from local rivers.

However, when the water froze and they were unable to catch anything, they sliced potatoes into strips and fried them instead.

The new dish quickly caught on and stalls selling these early fries popped up at fairs and on street corners. Rather aptly, it was a Belgian who brought chips to Scotland.

Born in Brussels in May 1847, Edward de Gernier arrived in Dundee in the early 1870s.

A shoemaker to trade, he left his native land after a period of military service, travelling first to France where he met and married his wife Julia in 1869. While there, he worked under John Saunders, a native of Blairgowrie, and, with his help, the couple moved to Scotland, taking jobs in jute mills in the Perthshire town.

It was but a brief stopover for in 1874 Edward and his wife made the short journey south to Dundee, leasing a house in the city’s bustling Greenmarket. At first, they found it difficult to find work, largely due to difficulties with language. However, they were soon taken under the wing of their new neighbours and after picking up some rudimentary ‘Scotch’, Edward resurrected his original trade as a shoemaker. He was, however, clearly an enterprising individual and, aware of the popularity of chips in his homeland, he spotted a lucrative opening in the fledgling fast food industry.

With initial capital of just three old pennies, he took a stall on the market, described by historians as a twice weekly gathering of ‘fiddlers, pickpockets, whores, auctioneers and preachers’. Amid this colourful chaos, he erected a canvas tent, laid wooden boards on crates for seats and set up a brazier and cooking pot. With the remaining money, he purchased a sack of spuds from a shop on the Greenmarket and set about washing, peeling and cutting them by hand.

The fire roaring below a bubbling pot of mutton fat, Edward’s stall opened for business on a busy Friday evening. It was an instant hit. On the first night, he and his wife sold over 460 portions of chips at a half penny a time, quickly recouping the meagre investment and giving them enough money to develop the business.

In time, the canvas tent was replaced by a more substantial wooden-framed stand clad in jute cloth and the makeshift seats gave way to proper benches. He developed his fare too, adding mushy peas to the pale flabby potato chips. Doused in vinegar, the dish became known as the pea-buster.

Encouraged by the hearty response, Edward advertised his business as the ‘first chip potatoes, peas and vinegar stall in Great Britain’ and the unique pea-buster, or Dundee Buster as it was nicknamed, drew customers from far and wide. On one occasion, two young men walked from Perth – 20 miles away – just to sample the new chips.

For many, a visit to the stall was the longawaited culmination of a day’s shopping.

Through the wide and welcoming doorway the appetising aroma of frying chips and the sharp tang of vinegar drew them in. Round the walls customers sat, savouring the warmth of the fire as they waited to be fed. It was the beating social heart of the market; a place where friends met or old acquaintances were renewed.

Despite invitations to establish buster stalls in other towns and cities, the de Gerniers were content to confine their activities to Dundee, leaving the way clear for an influx of largely Italian immigrants to open fish and chip shops across Scotland. They did, however, corner the city’s buster market, operating six stalls at the peak of the business. Over the years, their children and grandchildren carried on the proud family tradition.

Soon chips were not just part of the Scottish diet, they became inextricably linked with the nation’s culture. The country’s most famous family, the legendary Broons have always been huge chip fans. Many of their cartoon strips in the Sunday Post end with the clan gathered round the table, hungrily devouring the contents of newspaper wrapped packages. In one adventure Granpaw Broon tells the family he is off to look after a friend’s van in the country. Thinking it is a caravan and peeved the old man has not invited them up to stay, they arrive en mass only to discover the van he is minding is actually a chip van.

On a more contemporary note, the family watch a celebrity chef on TV prepare a seafood platter and decide to try it, only to discover that it all costs too much. So, sticking with what they know, they opt for a good old fish supper instead. What better seafood platter is there anyway?

Less flatteringly, chips are also part of the national identity. Phrases like ‘the Glasgow Salad’ poke fun at eating habits, suggesting chips are the closest Scots ever come to eating vegetables.

When Julia died in 1902, Edward retired from the buster business and opened a boot repair shop in the city’s Lochee district, a job he continued until his death, from bronchitis and heart failure at the age of 79, in 1926.

Today, thanks to the march of urban redevelopment, the old Greenmarket is no more and there is nothing in the city to mark Edward de Gernier’s place in the culinary history of Scotland. Buster stalls are long gone, but many of the city’s chip shops still offer a pea-buster, and chips, despite the growing trend towards healthy eating, remain just as popular today as they were when they first arrived on Scottish shores.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Both are great!

Mushy peas need to be cooked for a while (don't ask for them as soon as the chippy opens they are better later in the night). Black peas are great with some pepper and vinegar on in a cone. God that brings back memories..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black peas?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Have you heard of the deep fried "HeartAttack" for sale in Glasgow??

Pizza with Kebab meat on then fold in half, coat in batter and deep fry.. about 4000 calories!! lol

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By *ummy mummyWoman
over a year ago

southampton-ish

I am originally from up north and had never heard of them before moving down south...ok...so what if the "up north" I speak of is Canada...lol....I tried them once when I first moved here 7 years ago and never again...

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Hi Yummy.. sort of confirms my north south divide .. cheers huni xx

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By *ummy mummyWoman
over a year ago

southampton-ish

come to think of it...in Canada we don't have mushy peas...but we do have creamed corn..lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Hi Yummy.. sort of confirms my north south divide .. cheers huni xx"

Only if it's a North/South of the World divide?

I'm originally from the Midlands and loved them up (compared to where I am now) there too.

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By *ummy mummyWoman
over a year ago

southampton-ish


"Hi Yummy.. sort of confirms my north south divide .. cheers huni xx

Only if it's a North/South of the World divide?

I'm originally from the Midlands and loved them up (compared to where I am now) there too."

I was just going to say that...lol...wrong north

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Well we are talking uk north/south.. lol

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By *ummy mummyWoman
over a year ago

southampton-ish


"Well we are talking uk north/south.. lol"
yes but I wasn't...guess my humour was lost.....

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale


"Ahhh here we go... so in Scotland.. no mushy peas.. Marrowfat.. lol

I`m a Lancashire lad Dusty, wi don`t get em in the chippy up here.

Black peas are better anyway. "

Black peas are bloomin' ace!

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale


"Black peas?"

Mushy peas made with the pea from the purple podded pea. soaked overnight then slowly simmered til just right.

Only seem to be eaten around Rochdale, Oldham, Bury & Bolton.

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By *erekduvallCouple
over a year ago

swansea

Not to be eaten in advance of a meet if oral is on the cards

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

EUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ooo faggots and mushy peas, lovely - have to be in the mood though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You Do Get Mushy Peas in some Chippies in Scotland, but they dont taste as good as the chippies in yorkshire lol

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

BOAK!!!! you southerners are fookin scarey!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't like mushy peas, however, I am a big fan of proper pea mesh, with lots of butter and a touch of garlic, parsley and mint!

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)


"You Do Get Mushy Peas in some Chippies in Scotland, but they dont taste as good as the chippies in yorkshire lol "

Yep its the same with everything cooked here! Lard is luvley

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