"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
...
> elaine wrote:
>
> > 5 hours and still cooking. Originally, I was making a pea soup, but I
> > didn't have the right peas - but did have marrow peas. They burned a
wee
> > bit, but I thought if I added some mint and sea salt that would fix the
> > problem. Reminds me of when I was a kid in Scotland and often went
after
> > school and got an order of mushy peas - with vinegar and butter added.
I'm
> > trying to duplicate this - perhaps they'll be ready soon!!!
>
> This strikes a funny chord with me. The name "mushy peas" wouldn't be
> a temptation to me on a menu. It sounds like somebody did something
> wrong. I know it's an honorable old recipe with corresponding name,
> but "mushy" is usually used as a description of something undesirable.
>
> What other foods have names like that. Forget your dickie's spot and
> hole in your toad and the like. Sour cream...? Accepted everywhere.
>
> Dirty rice?
>
> What else?
>
> BTW, how'd the peas turn out/ Don't say mushy.
>
> Pastorio

Sadly, I was left to only imagine what might have been. The second burning
did them in. Perhaps something to do with my other endeavour during the pea
cooking .

How time flies whilst stripping wallpaper!

E.