Wednesday, March 25, 2020

The Way We Were Wednesday

This was about 16 - 17 years ago, the first time Travel and I met Stephen and Duncan.  This was the infamous mushy peas lunch.  The English and Irish serve mashed green peas, there are variations with some containing mashed potatoes, some with mint, others with just peas.  It was the first time we have come across this.  Jay ordered them, and then commented on the flavor that they retained the essential peaness. Say that fast, and see if you snicker? 
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25 comments:

  1. anne marie in philly3/25/2020

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol5RpDEzLzY

    hi lil penguin buddy! (and sweet bear, of course). and I don't like peas (texture).

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    1. Travel3/25/2020

      Great youtube clip; I love cantankerous old men.

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  2. Mistress Maddie3/25/2020

    I love peaness!

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  3. Anonymous3/25/2020

    Snicker.

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  4. Moving with Mitchell3/25/2020

    If they actually DID retain the essential “peaness” (priceless), I might like them better. As it is, they're right up there (or down there) with baked beans and pickled beets!

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    1. Travel3/25/2020

      You don't like baked beans? Let me cook for you, and we will give that another try.

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    2. Moving with Mitchell3/25/2020

      David:
      Don't even suggest that. I have given them so many tries over the years. When we lived in Guilford, our little gourmet market made "the best baked beans in the world." Every one of our friends and neighbors said so. SG agreed. He told me that if I tried them and didn't like them, he would never ask me to try baked beans again. I tried them. I hated them. And I was done trying. So, no thanks.

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    3. Travel3/25/2020

      Maybe a Sunday five question, what food do you detest that others think is just fine. For me broccoli

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    4. Moving with Mitchell3/25/2020

      Yes! Baked beans. Pickled beets. Mushy peas!

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    5. anne marie in philly3/25/2020

      ooooooooooh, YES to the sunday 5! I cannot abide most veggies, although I do like baked beans and raw carrots. and mashed potatoes with brown gravy. and sweet tater fries.

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  5. Marcia LaRue3/25/2020

    I have to admit there are some peanesses worthy of more then just a snicker ... I have met more then one in my younger days! LOL
    Detested stuff: cilantro! Gag ... yuck ... patooey!

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  6. Debra She Who Seeks3/25/2020

    Gawd, I hate mushy peas.

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  7. BethB from Indiana3/25/2020

    I hate cooked mushrooms, squash, cooked red peppers--it's the texture. Weirdly, I love raw apples, smooth applesauce, and despise cooked apples such as in an apple pie. Again, it's the texture.

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    1. Travel3/25/2020

      I will eat almost anything, at least once.

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  8. Deedles3/25/2020

    Peas mixed with mashed potatoes, my favorite. Mixed with rice, a close second. Straight up peaness is good from time to time.

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  9. Sixpence Notthewiser3/25/2020

    Whoa. It's been a minute, no?
    Love the little penguin. And I just cannot deal with green peas. I don't want to think about them mashed. Nope.

    XOXO

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    1. Travel3/25/2020

      Added some to the chicken soup I made tonight

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  10. WickedHamster3/26/2020

    I was so young and beautiful then...

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