[Magdalen] whirled peas (was Re: coffee)

[Charles Wohlers]

"Marrowfat peas" (according to Wikipedia) are simply regular garden peas (e. 
g., Green Arrow, Lincoln) which are "overly mature" - left to dry out on the 
vine and convert all their sugar into starch.

So - any regular variety of garden peas should do. Just don't pick them as 
soon as you normally would.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 8:36 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] whirled peas (was Re: coffee)

I haven't been able to find any of those peas or seeds over here.
If it weren't illegal, I'd ask you to mail me some seeds.

> On Jan 5, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> 
> wrote:
>
> I agree that mushy peas are something different.  As it happens I had them 
> minted at lunchtime with my breaded plaice.  I have pit mint sauce on 
> mushy peas before but the mint was better blended with the peas today - 
> delightful.  They are made from marrowfat peas rather than the normal 
> garden peas.  Whichever way you have peas they are good for you.
>
> Roger
>> On 05/01/2015 21:31, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Unfortunately, although this may make the peas mushy, it doesn't make 
>> then authentic Mushy Peas, which I had once in Liverpool and have never 
>> found since!
>>
>>>> On Jan 5, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Roger Stokes 
>>>> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 05/01/2015 19:55, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>>>> Visualizing whirled peas ...
>>> Boil up some split peas till they are mushy, stick in the blender to 
>>> whirl them and you have pea soup.  Lovely and nutritious.
>>>
>>> Roger
>