limey wrote:
>
> "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.
>
> They certainly are undesirable as far as I'm concerned, but they're an old
> standby. Lord knows why.
> >
> > 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?
>
> Wrong country, Bob.
> >
> > What else?
>
> Bubble and squeak.
> Girdle cakes.
> I'll see what else comes to mind. Probably Arri can dredge up a longer
> list.
>
> >
> > BTW, how'd the peas turn out/ Don't say mushy.
>
> Mushy (ducking)
> Dora

But 'mushy peas' is an exact description of the dish LOL!

Then there's singing hinnies, bloater paste (or bloaters for that
matter), groaty dick, rock cakes, a flitch, faggots, bangers and mash,
fly pie, squashed fly biscuits, barm brack (more Irish than English),
clootie dumplings...... there are many more of course