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Post by monklady123 on Feb 2, 2023 21:28:12 GMT
Look what arrived today! Im looking forward to making some mushy peas. 😁 I’ve googled how to make them and I see recipes that sugar, cream/milk, and/or butter are optional. Should I add those? And what would you say I should serve with them? I told my dh that we’re having British Night some time next week. Lol. My googling says fish and chips, or a savory pie, are what traditionally goes with mushy peas. What’s the most common way to eat them? Trying to post a photo from Tapatalk but it won’t load. I’ll post this and then see if the photo will work on “edit”. grrr... I can't get the photo to load from Tapatalk. Here's a link to the ones I ordered. Dried Marrowfat Peas |
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Post by canadianlinda on Feb 2, 2023 23:54:16 GMT
We always had fish, chips and mushy peas from the chip shop.
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Post by Basket1lady on Feb 2, 2023 23:57:42 GMT
Not from the UK, but I’ve always had them with fish and chips or chicken. Normal things that you’d eat with peas.
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 2, 2023 23:59:46 GMT
We always had fish, chips and mushy peas from the chip shop. No "chip shop" here (especially because in the USA "chips" are potato chips, and your chips are our "french fries", lol) -- But I will buy frozen french fries, and some sort of fish... The fish from fish and chips is breaded, yes? That's easy to buy here also. Although I suspect that none of it will be as good as from a real chip shop.  |
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Post by Scrapper100 on Feb 3, 2023 0:08:13 GMT
We used to have a British pub here that made amazing mushy peas. He was British but apparently changed then up a bit and added some Parmesan to them. Served with fish and chips. I really miss them as they closed a few years ago.
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Post by gillyp on Feb 3, 2023 0:16:54 GMT
We always had fish, chips and mushy peas from the chip shop. No "chip shop" here (especially because in the USA "chips" are potato chips, and your chips are our "french fries", lol) -- But I will buy frozen french fries, and some sort of fish... The fish from fish and chips is breaded, yes? That's easy to buy here also. Although I suspect that none of it will be as good as from a real chip shop. The fish should be battered and deep fried. Your French fries are too skinny for British chips, they need to be about as thick as a finger. I don’t make mushy peas from scratch so I have no tips. Here’s a recipe. www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-mushy-peas-recipe-435950 |
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Post by pjaye on Feb 3, 2023 0:47:30 GMT
Not British...but from one of the penal colonies, so that should count for something...
How to make the sort of peas you have:
Let Gordon show you how to make the Fish and chips...(ignore his peas)
Let
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 3, 2023 1:22:10 GMT
Not British...but from one of the penal colonies, so that should count for something... How to make the sort of peas you have: Let Gordon show you how to make the Fish and chips...(ignore his peas) Let Thanks! -- Gordon's peas don't look anything like the ones in the first video! I'm surprised that he used frozen peas because everything I've been reading about mushy peas says not to use anything but dried marrowfat peas. I didn't know Gordon Ramsay would ever take shortcuts. lol |
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Feb 3, 2023 4:00:02 GMT
Aussie here, I enjoy a good "pie 'n peas". Most bakeries here (at least all the ones I've been to) take the pastry lid off the pie and put the mushy peas in it, then put the top back on. Or you can get a "pie floater" which is the pie on a plate with the peas on the side. My fav is a curry pie with peas. The mushy peas are like the first pic Pjaye posted.
I've never had the peas with fish and chips, but it would be nice too. And yeah - Aussie or British chips are nice and thick, about finger thickness. The thin ones are fries, which are the usual thing at fast food joints.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 3, 2023 7:43:58 GMT
I come from one of the colonies, too, and we have lots of fish n chip places but I have never heard of these peas. My mother saw herself as English Canadian and never made them but then again she liked tuna noodle casserole.
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Post by Zee on Feb 3, 2023 7:49:35 GMT
No "chip shop" here (especially because in the USA "chips" are potato chips, and your chips are our "french fries", lol) -- But I will buy frozen french fries, and some sort of fish... The fish from fish and chips is breaded, yes? That's easy to buy here also. Although I suspect that none of it will be as good as from a real chip shop. The fish should be battered and deep fried. Your French fries are too skinny for British chips, they need to be about as thick as a finger. I don’t make mushy peas from scratch so I have no tips. Here’s a recipe. www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-mushy-peas-recipe-435950We have all types of fries, no one makes skinny fries at home. It would more likely be steak fries or fried wedges (like your chips) or crinkle cut or battered/seasoned, if you're making them at home. Skinny fries like at McDonald's are only good immediately out of a fryer and are not actually the norm that's served here in restaurants or frozen. |
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Post by gar on Feb 3, 2023 8:13:22 GMT
Gordon’s mushy peas aren’t real mushy peas, just a sort of alternative with what most people would already have.
Yours will be better 😊
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Post by JoP on Feb 3, 2023 8:19:46 GMT
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Post by phoenixcov on Feb 3, 2023 11:28:07 GMT
This Saturday dinner will be roast chicken, mashed potatoes and marrowfat peas for me and mushy peas for the Mister.
Both types from a tin and served with onion gravy. Yum
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Post by joelise on Feb 3, 2023 13:16:25 GMT
We always had fish, chips and mushy peas from the chip shop. No "chip shop" here (especially because in the USA "chips" are potato chips, and your chips are our "french fries", lol) -- But I will buy frozen french fries, and some sort of fish... The fish from fish and chips is breaded, yes? That's easy to buy here also. Although I suspect that none of it will be as good as from a real chip shop.  For proper British fish and chip, the fish must be battered not breaded and the chips/fries need to be chunky cut, definitely not skinny fries.  |
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Post by Bridget in MD on Feb 3, 2023 13:19:40 GMT
Not British...but from one of the penal colonies, so that should count for something... How to make the sort of peas you have: Let Gordon show you how to make the Fish and chips...(ignore his peas) Let Thanks! -- Gordon's peas don't look anything like the ones in the first video! I'm surprised that he used frozen peas because everything I've been reading about mushy peas says not to use anything but dried marrowfat peas. I didn't know Gordon Ramsay would ever take shortcuts. lol His fries look like steak fries! |
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Post by Bridget in MD on Feb 3, 2023 13:21:43 GMT
I always thought "faggots" were other words for pieces of wood or cigarettes over in the UK! |
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Post by gar on Feb 3, 2023 13:24:25 GMT
I always thought "faggots" were other words for pieces of wood or cigarettes over in the UK! Not sure about pieces of wood but fags is slang for cigarettes 😊 |
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Post by gillyp on Feb 3, 2023 13:29:58 GMT
I always thought "faggots" were other words for pieces of wood or cigarettes over in the UK! They are although cigarettes are just known as fags. If you read books about UK boys' private schools, a younger boy doing tasks for an older boy is known as a fag too. I don't know if the term is still used. |
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Post by gillyp on Feb 3, 2023 13:31:28 GMT
Who would have thought a question about a Pea Title would lead to this!  |
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 3, 2023 13:45:21 GMT
No "chip shop" here (especially because in the USA "chips" are potato chips, and your chips are our "french fries", lol) -- But I will buy frozen french fries, and some sort of fish... The fish from fish and chips is breaded, yes? That's easy to buy here also. Although I suspect that none of it will be as good as from a real chip shop. For proper British fish and chip, the fish must be battered not breaded and the chips/fries need to be chunky cut, definitely not skinny fries.  hmm.... I wasn't making a distinction in my mind between "battered" and "breaded" but now that I think about it of course there's a difference.  -- Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here? I'm going to look when I go to the store next. And no, I'm not going to make them myself. I've never deep fried anything in my life and I don't plan to start now. And Bridget in MD I think that would be our equivalent... "steak fries". I prefer thinner ones but for the sake of authenticity with this mushy pea meal I will buy the steak fries. |
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Post by iluvpink on Feb 3, 2023 14:21:11 GMT
For proper British fish and chip, the fish must be battered not breaded and the chips/fries need to be chunky cut, definitely not skinny fries. hmm.... I wasn't making a distinction in my mind between "battered" and "breaded" but now that I think about it of course there's a difference. -- Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here? I'm going to look when I go to the store next. And no, I'm not going to make them myself. I've never deep fried anything in my life and I don't plan to start now. And Bridget in MD I think that would be our equivalent... "steak fries". I prefer thinner ones but for the sake of authenticity with this mushy pea meal I will buy the steak fries. If you have an air fryer, maybe that would work? I don't know, don't have one and have only once deep fried anything myself. We got a deep fryer, used it once and then never again. It's long gone now. |
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Post by malibou on Feb 3, 2023 14:34:53 GMT
One of the first meals we have while in England is fish and chips with mushy peas. When we were there in November, the place we went to served the worst mushy peas ever! No joke, paste would have tasted better. As we looked around, we noticed that no one ate their mushy peas. The fish and chips were outstanding though!
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Post by Bridget in MD on Feb 3, 2023 14:41:31 GMT
For proper British fish and chip, the fish must be battered not breaded and the chips/fries need to be chunky cut, definitely not skinny fries. hmm.... I wasn't making a distinction in my mind between "battered" and "breaded" but now that I think about it of course there's a difference. -- Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here? I'm going to look when I go to the store next. And no, I'm not going to make them myself. I've never deep fried anything in my life and I don't plan to start now. And Bridget in MD I think that would be our equivalent... "steak fries". I prefer thinner ones but for the sake of authenticity with this mushy pea meal I will buy the steak fries. I believe you can buy beer battered fillets here. Ours are in a green box. Gortons? no. that is yellow... |
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Post by Linda on Feb 3, 2023 16:22:04 GMT
Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here you can - they are often labelled beer battered - Aldi has cod. fair warning - deep frying is best for them, air frying is an okay substitute, baking from frozenworks but will not be fish and chips fish Same thing with frozen steak fries |
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Post by gillyp on Feb 3, 2023 16:23:52 GMT
For proper British fish and chip, the fish must be battered not breaded and the chips/fries need to be chunky cut, definitely not skinny fries. hmm.... I wasn't making a distinction in my mind between "battered" and "breaded" but now that I think about it of course there's a difference. -- Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here? I'm going to look when I go to the store next. And no, I'm not going to make them myself. I've never deep fried anything in my life and I don't plan to start now. And Bridget in MD I think that would be our equivalent... "steak fries". I prefer thinner ones but for the sake of authenticity with this mushy pea meal I will buy the steak fries. I admire your tenacity in wanting to serve this meal, monklady123! |
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 3, 2023 16:49:48 GMT
hmm.... I wasn't making a distinction in my mind between "battered" and "breaded" but now that I think about it of course there's a difference. -- Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here? I'm going to look when I go to the store next. And no, I'm not going to make them myself. I've never deep fried anything in my life and I don't plan to start now. And Bridget in MD I think that would be our equivalent... "steak fries". I prefer thinner ones but for the sake of authenticity with this mushy pea meal I will buy the steak fries. I admire your tenacity in wanting to serve this meal, monklady123 ! Lol. I figure that if I'm going to eat something called "mushy peas" then I might as well get the rest of the meal right. |
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Post by katiejane on Feb 4, 2023 13:38:50 GMT
We have them with fish and chips or pie and chips. My local chippie also does a mushy pea fritter which is my go to as I don't like fish. Its basic a ball of mushy peas dipped in batter and deep fried. It's proper lush.
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Post by pjaye on Feb 4, 2023 13:50:30 GMT
I don't think you need a deep fryer for the fish...just make the same batter and then fry them in a frying pan.
We always had battered fish when I was young and no-one owned a deep fryer...you just need to fry it until it's golden brown and crunchy...and make your chips/fries however you normally do.
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Post by compeateropeator on Feb 4, 2023 16:21:44 GMT
For proper British fish and chip, the fish must be battered not breaded and the chips/fries need to be chunky cut, definitely not skinny fries. hmm.... I wasn't making a distinction in my mind between "battered" and "breaded" but now that I think about it of course there's a difference. -- Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here? I'm going to look when I go to the store next. And no, I'm not going to make them myself. I've never deep fried anything in my life and I don't plan to start now. And Bridget in MD I think that would be our equivalent... "steak fries". I prefer thinner ones but for the sake of authenticity with this mushy pea meal I will buy the steak fries. Van de Kamps has battered fish. I always buy it because I like it much better than breaded.  |
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-- Any American Peas know if we can buy battered frozen fish here? I'm going to look when I go to the store next. And no, I'm not going to make them myself. I've never deep fried anything in my life and I don't plan to start now. 
