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Sorry I'll stop now   Still, the point is that many of my esteemed colleagues did not know what a pea ,as nature intended it to look like (as opposed to Birdseye), was. <baffled shake of the head> I think, Mort, we should write a book. "The Joy of Peas" or "Everything you wanted to know about Peas but were afraid to ask"  Nothing nicer than sitting with a colandar between your knees shelling peas (and eating half of them raw) Pea pods are nice to eat if young and fresh. You can make wine from the pods. Actually it is quite frightening how many people just don't know what vegetables look like/taste in their raw/unprocessed state. As it was on offer tomorrow I will be cooking a gammon joint. NOM. Tonight will be a reprise of yesterdays feast. |
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« Reply #2491 on: 18:34:24, 03-07-2008 » |
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'Peas please me' ?
'Give Peas a chance'?
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Sorry I'll stop now Still, the point is that many of my esteemed colleagues did not know what a pea ,as nature intended it to look like (as opposed to Birdseye), was. <baffled shake of the head> As it was on offer tomorrow Blimey, talk about being ahead of the game! May peas be upon you, my child |
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'Peas please me' ?
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Just heading for my pod now...
'Peas forgive me .......' Shall we do a podcast marty? |
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« Reply #2494 on: 18:47:16, 03-07-2008 » |
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As sung, of course, by Sir Peter P...
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Having avoided the burning stage, and temptation resisted whilst it was cooling, a loaf out of the bread-machine: sunflower and celery seed, made with three flours (white, wholemeal and spelt), sea salt, unrefined sugar, lemon juice, olive oil, yeast and water. A recipe concocted on the spur of the moment, it's likely to become a standard, just crying out to be topped with a slice of mature cheddar....
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Ron, I am not a big loaf eater but I love spelt. It's earthy Peasant food and I eat a lot of it in grain form. There is a Pushkin story of asking the priest "to feed me boiled spelt" ("есть же мне давай варёную полбу") Hullo Reiner? |
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Sorry I'll stop now Still, the point is that many of my esteemed colleagues did not know what a pea ,as nature intended it to look like (as opposed to Birdseye), was. <baffled shake of the head> Actually it is quite frightening how many people just don't know what vegetables look like/taste in their raw/unprocessed state. But the children of Yellow Class were shelling peas to eat raw today and yesterday!! We were surprised to receive bags of peapods as well as the usual apples and satsumas (no bananas for ages - must be too expensive?) in the free fruit'n'veg box. And the peas were lovely, very small and quite sweet. Quite a few of the kids enjoyed them.  |
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 The other thing that makes shelling peas so pleasurable is that you never find two the same. |
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« Reply #2502 on: 23:04:06, 03-07-2008 » |
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My favourite Chinese restaurant in London (now closed alas) served stir-fried pea shoots dressed with a delicate sauce full of shredded crab - absolutely delicious.
NOM! Which restaurant was that, strina, out of interest? It was called Ecapital, on Gerard Street opposite the large grocery store. I miss it very much - they had excellent steamed juicy buns, drunken chicken, jellyfish, vegetarian goose, a fantastic belly pork clay pot with fermented bean curd sauce, shredded chicken with soy and chillies, fish cooked in rice wine lees, etc etc as well as the aforementioned pea shoots... I never did try their beggar's chicken - it needed to be ordered in advance, and I wasn't quite that organised. sigh... I don't yet have another favourite. There are a couple of newish places I keep meaning to try but haven't got around to yet. |
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In one of the surrounding towns near us, called Burgess Hill, PW and Martle will know it, there's this great Chinese takeaway, called The Dragon & Peacock. Really must be the best around here! There food is reall top notch.
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« Reply #2504 on: 14:44:38, 04-07-2008 » |
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Oooh that sounds nice. Not jealous at all, of course not... I'm toying with the idea of a James Martin creation, which involves creating a loaf out of roasted chicken, stilton and green beans (with a parma ham outer) to accompany green bean, broad bean and rocket salad. This is all in aid of using my broad beans, which have just grown to an appropriate size and need eating before I go away next week. The other alternative I fancied was chicken, goat's cheese and sunblush tomato roulade, again with broad bean and pea salad. Anyone have better idea for taking best advantage of really fresh broad beans? Sorry to drag you off peas as the focus..  |
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