I've seen several references to them on the forum, and I'm curious. Thanks for any enlightenment you can provide.

Peas.....

That are mushy

:hihi:

as in, sloppy, overcooked and bright green.

Mmmmmmmmm lovely

:o Never heard of mushy peas :confused: is it an english thing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushy_peas

get real, mushy peas are the bomb...

How can you not have heard of mushy peas? :o

Get a can of peas in juice. Open the can. Pour into a bowl and smash them to death with a rolling pin.

Place in a pan with a little mint sauce and heat gently, but do not boil.

Having done that - serve with whateever you like - but best without ice cream or chocolate. Then again .... Chocolate.

Dragon

Pie and mushy peas with Hendos on - :love:

if you like peas, and like cheese, you'll love our new ......cheesy peas

Originally posted by melthebell
if you like peas, and like cheese, you'll love our new ......cheesy peas

:gag:

Mushy peas = :gag:

Yuck! Horrible they are! :gag:

Originally posted by fox20thc
Pie and mushy peas with Hendos on - :love:

Mmmmmm. *Licks Lips Indeed* :clap:

Originally posted by Rich
Mushy peas = :gag:

Yuck! Horrible they are! :gag:

You obviously are neglecting to cover them in hendos Rich.

They are luvverly:thumbsup:

Apparently they drink hendersons straight up in Japan. A bit like their sake.

It contains alcohol so I wonder how many bottles you would need to down in order to get pi..... drunk.

Dragon

:huh: I wondered why I was getting through so many bottles.

.. wait a minute there can't be booze in hendos. Can we have an official statement please?

I agree - mushy peas urk

Never liked 'em, never will - in fact, will never try 'em again - the look of them makes me feel sick since I was in hospital chucking up bile which looked just like mushy peas :gag:

Thanks, everyone, for the lesson in British cuisine. Mushy peas are not quite as exotic as I'd imagined.

They sound yummy, although I generally try to avoid foods that resemble vomited bile. Thanks for the imagery, Lotti.

I've already read the thread about breadcakes as opposed to baps and rolls, so I won't have to ask about that. Oh, and I now I know about, um, black dog.

Check the ingredients on a bottle of hendersons - you have garlic and alcohol. Told you.

Personally I would prefer a pint of lager, but then - I'm not Japanese.

Dragon

chip shop mushy peas consist of:

those dried peas you get at junior school
some tablets of green colouring
some water and microwave


yum

I was once on a course with a lad from (royal) Tombridge Wells. He ordered fish and chips for dinner one evening...and then asked why they had been served with guacamole :o

Originally posted by fox20thc
You obviously are neglecting to cover them in hendos Rich.

They are luvverly:thumbsup:

Call me a traitor but relish doesn't really appeal to me.. I'm funny about what I eat you see...

But to be honest even with Hendo's I still imagine I would bawlk at even the sight of mushy peas :gag:

My mum used to make her own - soak dried peas overnight with a tablet of sodium bicarbonate (I think)

Next day, add salt, heat and eat :)

They did not have the bright green colour of the ones bought in many chippies (artificially coloured) :nono:

Originally posted by Draggletail
My mum used to make her own - soak dried peas overnight with a tablet of sodium bicarbonate (I think)

Next day, add salt, heat and eat :)

They did not have the bright green colour of the ones bought in many chippies (artificially coloured) :nono:

Sounds like the receipe my mum used.

The tablets looked like Steradent tablets - the effervescent denture cleaner thingies. They were a feature of many Sunday lunches....

The bright green ones are sort of....Chernobylish..... :)

Joe

I've got some ready to eat now, bought a packet of dried peas from Morrisons yesterday, soaked them in boiling water with the tablet provided, rinse, replace water and boil. Just follow the instructions on the pkt. Think the pkt was about 25p.
Must be marrowfat peas. They are delicious and no green dye.
You can get tthem now that only soak for 2 hrs.

hazel

Bachelors mushy peas .Cow pie .Hendo's relish. Real Sheffield grub:clap: Get thi eeard in:thumbsup:

If tha dunt like Hendo's thart not fit to be a Sheffilder:hihi: :P

Mushy peas = Yorkshire caviar

Whether Batchelors tinned, frozen from Morrisons, or steeped overnight and boiled up ... great! Cant imagine fish and chips without them.

Originally posted by Dragon
Apparently they drink hendersons straight up in Japan. A bit like their sake.

It contains alcohol so I wonder how many bottles you would need to down in order to get pi..... drunk.

Dragon

My son is coming home for Christmas and one thing he has already requested is Meat and Potato Pie with Mushy Peas and Hendersons Relish.....
We will have a list of things he wants to take back with him and will be amazed when I tell him that according to what I have read tonight he won't be needing to take Hendersons.
He will take the dried peas so he can do Mushies but will be most surprised about the Hendersons. He uses Soya Sauce a lot which is made by Kikkomans....
Same colour though. He has lived in Japan for over 20 years.

I used to have to buy hendo's to take back to Plymouth with me when I lived there for 3 years as there was no way that I could eat meat and potato pie and mushy peas without relish.
No way at all:shocked:

Originally posted by Dragon
Check the ingredients on a bottle of hendersons - you have garlic and alcohol. Told you.

Personally I would prefer a pint of lager, but then - I'm not Japanese.

Dragon

Love to swig it straight from the bottle....didn't realise there was alchohol in it though....think i will stick to the vinegar :D

Ps i'm not japanese :)

Originally posted by burnttoast
Bachelors mushy peas .Cow pie .Hendo's relish. Real Sheffield grub:clap: Get thi eeard in:thumbsup:

If tha dunt like Hendo's thart not fit to be a Sheffilder:hihi: :P


anyone remember the ad for batchelors mushy peas in the 80s ? ghastly it was loads of extras from the rod hulkl and emu show dancing and singing to a tune what sounded like the theme tune to jossies giants


and yes mushy peas are nice:)

Originally posted by Dragon
Apparently they drink hendersons straight up in Japan. A bit like their sake.

It contains alcohol so I wonder how many bottles you would need to down in order to get pi..... drunk.

Dragon

I checked the ingredients of a bottle of Henderson's Relish (sad I know?!:P) and it does contain alcohol, but it says Isopropyl Alcohol.
Is this a weeker form of the stuff you get in beer?! :confused:

As for mushy peas... I absolutely love them! I just dont like them when they have gone cold and they stick to the pan! :gag:

Originally posted by Andy
I was once on a course with a lad from (royal) Tombridge Wells. He ordered fish and chips for dinner one evening...and then asked why they had been served with guacamole :o

I heard a variation on this - Peter Mandelson is getting down with the people of Hartlepool, and goes into a chip shop to strut his working class credentials -
"Cod and chips once" - he points at the mushy peas, - " , and I'll have some of that lovely guacamole too please"
Originally posted by wiseangel
but it says Isopropyl Alcohol.
Is this a weaker form of the stuff you get in beer?!

No it's a poisonous form of the stuff you get in beer, it's usually used as a cleaning solvent.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
I heard a variation on this - Peter Mandelson is getting down with the people of Hartlepool, and goes into a chip shop to strut his working class credentials -
"Cod and chips once" - he points at the mushy peas, - " , and I'll have some of that lovely guacamole too please"


No it's a poisonous form of the stuff you get in beer, it's usually used as a cleaning solvent.


What do they have us all eating :gag:

Well, thanks to reading all these posts about mushy peas and meat and potato pie, I have had to go out in the pouring rain and force 8 winds and get the makings to do one.....I shall have to make do with my just out of date Hendersons though cos apart from not being able to buy it in Japan, I can't buy it here in Bournemouth either. Funny that.:( Mind it's not done me any harm yet, it must be the alcohol....it IS a preservative after all isn't it.)

:wave:

i love mushy peas :D hate real uns! But they actualy have to be mushy n not runny like water! n a bita mint sauce :P spot on!

Its amazing what we start a thread about!!!

Well, thanks to reading all these posts about mushy peas and meat and potato pie, I have had to go out in the pouring rain and force 8 winds and get the makings to do one.....I shall have to make do with my just out of date Hendersons though cos apart from not being able to buy it in Japan, I can't buy it here in Bournemouth either. Funny that.:( Mind it's not done me any harm yet, it must be the alcohol....it IS a preservative after all isn't it.)

:wave:

oh, JoanL! *dismayed* we'll have to arrange a "care package" of emergency Hendoes for you.

*thinks*

there's a train direct to Bournemouth from Sheffield. I wonder if we could persuade the guard to take a bottle or two of Hendoes down with him, and drop it off for you at the station?

(either that or I'll have to arrange a long-weekend there, and smuggle some contraband Hendoes in, in my suitcase lining for you!)

*starts frantically searching the internet for Cheapo holidays in Bournemouth"

Its strange that you cannot get mushy peas in the US. I remember introducing my former American partner to these culinary delights on her first trip with me over here. From then on, she was hooked. Whenever I returned to the States after a trip over here I had to load up my cases with the stuff (always the Tesco's brand - nothing else would do). I was always worried that I would have a customs check at the other end. I wonder how much time in jail I would have got for mushy pea smuggling.

Mushy peas are wrong, just wrong :gag:
Classic stereotype of the English overcooking their vegetables!
Peas are best raw, straight from the pod :thumbsup:

Mushy peas are wrong, just wrong :gag:
Classic stereotype of the English overcooking their vegetables!
Peas are best raw, straight from the pod :thumbsup:

For the above, read: "Mushy peas are right, just right."

I love them mainly with fish and chips. Salt on the fish and chips, pepper on the mushy peas, and then a splash of vinegar on all three. Or with a good meat and potato pie, in which case I put Hendo's on the mushy peas.

Talking of guacamole (as somebody was earlier), the first time I had Japanese wasabi (which is pale green in colour, and a kind of horseradish but hotter even than a good English mustard), I thought it was some kind of mushy peas, so I put a nice big dollop on the side of my plate with my sushi and took a good mouthful. It's the sort of mistake you only make once. It rendered everything else on the plate totally tasteless, and it felt like it would take a week for the skin to grow back on the inside of my mouth.

Get a can of peas in juice. Open the can. Pour into a bowl and smash them to death with a rolling pin.

Place in a pan with a little mint sauce and heat gently, but do not boil.

.

Dragon

Tinned peas taste nothing like proper mushy peas- even tinned mushy peas. The real deal are the dried ones mentioned earlier.

Its strange that you cannot get mushy peas in the US. I remember introducing my former American partner to these culinary delights on her first trip with me over here. From then on, she was hooked. Whenever I returned to the States after a trip over here I had to load up my cases with the stuff (always the Tesco's brand - nothing else would do). I was always worried that I would have a customs check at the other end. I wonder how much time in jail I would have got for mushy pea smuggling.


Update: Since I first posted this thread, I've found canned mushy peas in the small English imports section of a Fort Wayne supermarket. I don't like mushy foods in general but these were surprisingly good. I've also sampled two kinds of Hob Nobs, Jaffa Bars, a Dairy Milk,a Bounty bar, golden syrup, spotted dick in a can, salad cream, Heinz tinned beans (hold the toast), PG Tips tea and black currant Ribena. Oh, and I made my own parkin last year.

Still waiting to taste an Irn Bru and, of course, Henderson's famous relish.

Update: Since I first posted this thread, I've found canned mushy peas in the small English imports section of a Fort Wayne supermarket. I don't like mushy foods in general but these were surprisingly good. I've also sampled two kinds of Hob Nobs, Jaffa Bars, a Dairy Milk,a Bounty bar, golden syrup, spotted dick in a can, salad cream, Heinz tinned beans (hold the toast), PG Tips tea and black currant Ribena. Oh, and I made my own parkin last year.

Still waiting to taste an Irn Bru and, of course, Henderson's famous relish.

there has been some suggestion that they are ceasing production.Better get a bottle quick!!!

there has been some suggestion that they are ceasing production.Better get a bottle quick!!!


Wha... No! No! No! How could they do that?!:o

They don't ship to the US! Although several kind forummers have offered to send me some, covert like.

there has been some suggestion that they are ceasing production.Better get a bottle quick!!!
lol, theres always one

suppose hes taking the recipe to the grave with him too

I used to have to buy hendo's to take back to Plymouth with me when I lived there for 3 years as there was no way that I could eat meat and potato pie and mushy peas without relish.
No way at all:shocked:



My auntie to 12 bottles to australia last year because she lives over there. I am hoping to go over there again next year so she will be asking me to take some over like I did the last time

Its amazing what we start a thread about!!!
its amazing what things people will search for to bring up old threads :P

MUSHY PEAS??

Mushy peas are mashed up processed peas! they have to be processed peas or they don't taste right.

lol, theres always one

suppose hes taking the recipe to the grave with him too

Hmmm. Maybe espadrille works for Lea & Perrins.:suspect: