In the Netherlands, traditionally, most vegetables would be mashed. One Dutch comedian joked we do it because that's the only way it's edible. As a kid, my family and I did the same. Baby carrots, potatoes, peas, beans, sprouts, all arrived cooked and whole on the plate, but we mashed everything together with our forks while at the table. That was 25 years ago though. Other styles of foods became more and more en vogue. Though, perhaps it was also something to do with class. It has a working class feel to it, as my family was.
Found an Asian Market today! Bought a bunch of wired things in cans & bags. Saw grass jelly and a lot of other things you’ve tried. Found and bought the exact same braided eel! Looking forward to trying it. Need to go back to your vid to see how you prepared! Opened up a whole new culinary world for me! Thanks Atomic!
I've had bangers and mushy peas once, ages ago when visiting London - I really liked them. Over here, all you are whole, fine, sweet peas - an altogether different taste and usage.
Last week drove 15 mile round trip to get Fish and chips and mushy peas (once the lockdown had loosened up enough). Queued for ages (appropriately socially distanced) paid for fish and chips and mushy peas and drove home. Only to find they had forgotten to put in the carton of mushy peas😱😥. As it’s really only the mushy peas I actually like I was gutted. Needless to say that chippy is now on my list of the Unforgiven. Thank you very much Cross Quays Fish and Chip Shop.
Agreed, the only other ingredients I add are malt vinegar and white pepper instead of butter if I'm having mushy peas with fish and chips. It may sound strange but it works somehow. 👍
I've never actually had mushy peas. But, going by looks alone, it appears to be what I grew up eating, and still enjoy from time to time, Campbell's Split Pea Soup. Of course, with the soup, we add more liquid when it comes out of the can. But, I can imagine eating it straight.
Never had mushy peas as a german but I wouldn't mind it. I bet you could make some nice nuggets with them if you add flavour and stuff like bacon, then fry it up
i remember when i first tried mushy peas. it was in St. Andrews and I fell in love with them. i was born and raised in the USA and I think most Americans would like them if they try them.
During times of economic woes, I discovered a fondness for legumes and pulses of all kinds. Some of my favorite foods are beans and rice, homemade humus, and homemade red lentil dhal. It's good that I have such a fondness for cheap food as I also have a fondness for rather expensive food as well such as goose, duck, fine cheeses, and import-only ice cream flavors such as taro, durian, and pandan.
Here in Norwich we have the mushy pea store on the market, it's kind of a Norwich institution and they serve up mushy peas with pies and dripping rolls. Particularly love a pot of mushies with mint sauce.
First time at heathrow, first "proper" fish and chips at London Pride restaurant (kinda like the beer) fish was very nice, crisp, fresh, fluffish and meaty, tartar sauce was quite complex and very tasty, chips were ordinary but that little mound, green in colour, shapeless had me do the big wide opened inquisitive eyes, fork poking, pushing, raising to the smell sensor, Ah! pea-ish, what the... herbacious... - Sorry miss, what is this? (I inquired) - Mashed green peas (she replied smiling looking to me over her shoulder while walking away, spying on my last resistance) a 3 biters, so nice. Warm and fresh, somewhat creamy and not yielding to the tooth as would a vulgar overcooked mistreated sludge, very pleasant taste and texture considering. Loved it.
I think I finally got what those were. For the longest time I was thinking they were just regular green peas, mashed up but what they really are is split peas, like the kind we use in split pea soup , so it's just sort unreconstituted split pea soup that's not soupy oh, I would definitely eat those
That's right - they are fully-ripened peas that have been dried and then rehydrated and mashed. This is a very traditional accompaniment to fish and chips - but some restaurants serve smashed-up garden peas (when they do, it is terrible)
I love mushy peas. That particular can looks pretty nice. I lived in York for a few months and had them a lot at an excellent fish and chip place there called Wackers, and when I came back to the US I found an imported can but they were the kind that had a grotesque amount of green coloring added. It was pretty off-putting and they also seemed more pasty and dry than the kind I like. Unfortunate but I could probably find a better example here if I tried.
We have creamy corn in a can in the USA, this looks like the texture of your peas. Lol By the way creamed corn tastes great too. I bet those peas would be good in mashed or creamed potatoes.
Patrice Being fron the UK, references to creamed corn always remind me of that episode of MASH where Father Mulcahy grows corn for the Fourth of July, and Igor the cook creams it instead of cooking it on the cob. I think it sticks in my mind because it seemed like the worst fate for the corn. 😉 Must try it sometime, though. Also: an idea for a future Weird Stuff In A Can episode?
Warren JB I always mix mine with whole kernel add a little butter, salt and pepper done. I'll have to watch for that episode of MASH they still play them.
Similar to a old dish called Peas Pottage which is just mushy peas, I love them, bit of mint sauce in them with some fish and chips is gorgeous, proper English food in my opinion
I'd thought mushy peas was just what I called the result of how my dad made his peas: by ignoring them as long as possible until they burst from being overcooked. He always acts surprised when he checks the pot. Admittedly, they weren't green peas (black-eyed, typically,) so perhaps they turn out better for that variation. My own experience was less than positive: it's like someone tried to take the peas and "re-animate" them to their freshly picked state. AKA: it's awful in the same way the end of one of those gory horror movies is, but someone came by and swept up some of the debris and decided the job was done: clearly some atrocity has occurred, but nothing of real value has been done about it. Or maybe I just don't like how he makes his peas. Probably that.
I love mushy peas, strangely enough though over the last couple of years I’ve developed some kind of intolerance to them, they give me a stomach ache. Not severe, so I tend to eat them anyway!
OK Links back in time because we can. Green beans not my like for over 60 Years but nevertheless enjoy my share. Always Enjoy you're uploads I used to hide em under my loving skin's . Can I be dismissed . enjoyed👍
This might sound terrible (but hear me out), you can use mushy peas as a substitute guacamole for having with doritos etc. A bit of chilli, lime and heat. It does weirdly work!
Just looks like guacamole, so I can’t imagine the appearance being an immediate “nope” for all but the fussiest of eaters. Probably not worth importing, though, for any interested folks outside the UK. Seems like you could get the desired effect by mashing up half a tin (or bag) of peas with a fork and putting the other half in a food processor.
How to describe mushy peas to someone watching overseas? They are nothing like fresh garden peas. Imagine cattle feed that’s been cooked to death then added salt, sugar and food colouring to make it passably edible to humans. You would never eat them alone, or by preference, only as a hard-pressed tradition that they accompany fish and chips. Vinegar helps a bit... adding bacon? Genius! If only we stayed in the E.U. we would have decent food!
Then you're lying - I'm from the south east/east of England and i can tell you that mushy peas are a delicacy here :P maybe because I'm from what used to be an old trawlers port?
This video was an excuse to have fish and chips for dinner wasn't it
And proper beer.
In the Netherlands, traditionally, most vegetables would be mashed. One Dutch comedian joked we do it because that's the only way it's edible.
As a kid, my family and I did the same. Baby carrots, potatoes, peas, beans, sprouts, all arrived cooked and whole on the plate, but we mashed everything together with our forks while at the table. That was 25 years ago though. Other styles of foods became more and more en vogue. Though, perhaps it was also something to do with class. It has a working class feel to it, as my family was.
Found an Asian Market today! Bought a bunch of wired things in cans & bags. Saw grass jelly and a lot of other things you’ve tried. Found and bought the exact same braided eel! Looking forward to trying it. Need to go back to your vid to see how you prepared! Opened up a whole new culinary world for me! Thanks Atomic!
The Walrus
Have you tried the eel? If so, how'd it go?
Lady D
Not yet but I hope to try it soon!
The Walrus
Let me know how it goes, if you wanna =)
Lady D
Be happy to!😀
I tried the braised eel. Unfortunately, to me, it was horrible. Terrible after taste. Very disappointed ☹️
I've had bangers and mushy peas once, ages ago when visiting London - I really liked them. Over here, all you are whole, fine, sweet peas - an altogether different taste and usage.
Last week drove 15 mile round trip to get Fish and chips and mushy peas (once the lockdown had loosened up enough). Queued for ages (appropriately socially distanced) paid for fish and chips and mushy peas and drove home. Only to find they had forgotten to put in the carton of mushy peas😱😥. As it’s really only the mushy peas I actually like I was gutted. Needless to say that chippy is now on my list of the Unforgiven. Thank you very much Cross Quays Fish and Chip Shop.
Knob of butter in with the peas when you heat them up makes them extra special!
It's no coincidence that 'butter' and 'better' are nearly the same word!
Agreed, the only other ingredients I add are malt vinegar and white pepper instead of butter if I'm having mushy peas with fish and chips. It may sound strange but it works somehow. 👍
@@steve323f I’ll try that 👍🏽
@@emiliofernandez7117 malt vinegar is the way to go. It transforms the taste. 👍
I've never actually had mushy peas. But, going by looks alone, it appears to be what I grew up eating, and still enjoy from time to time, Campbell's Split Pea Soup. Of course, with the soup, we add more liquid when it comes out of the can. But, I can imagine eating it straight.
Never had mushy peas as a german but I wouldn't mind it. I bet you could make some nice nuggets with them if you add flavour and stuff like bacon, then fry it up
Fantastically good for you. I love them. I do tend to stir a splash of mint sauce in with them as they heat up.
crinkle cut chips take me back to my youth!
I love pie and peas, meat pie, bowl of mushy peas, bit of mint sauce and ketchup on the peas, gravy on the pie...
i remember when i first tried mushy peas. it was in St. Andrews and I fell in love with them. i was born and raised in the USA and I think most Americans would like them if they try them.
During times of economic woes, I discovered a fondness for legumes and pulses of all kinds. Some of my favorite foods are beans and rice, homemade humus, and homemade red lentil dhal. It's good that I have such a fondness for cheap food as I also have a fondness for rather expensive food as well such as goose, duck, fine cheeses, and import-only ice cream flavors such as taro, durian, and pandan.
They are fantastic. And a great price too.
Here in Norwich we have the mushy pea store on the market, it's kind of a Norwich institution and they serve up mushy peas with pies and dripping rolls. Particularly love a pot of mushies with mint sauce.
First time at heathrow, first "proper" fish and chips at London Pride restaurant (kinda like the beer) fish was very nice, crisp, fresh, fluffish and meaty, tartar sauce was quite complex and very tasty, chips were ordinary but that little mound, green in colour, shapeless had me do the big wide opened inquisitive eyes, fork poking, pushing, raising to the smell sensor, Ah! pea-ish, what the... herbacious... - Sorry miss, what is this? (I inquired) - Mashed green peas (she replied smiling looking to me over her shoulder while walking away, spying on my last resistance) a 3 biters, so nice. Warm and fresh, somewhat creamy and not yielding to the tooth as would a vulgar overcooked mistreated sludge, very pleasant taste and texture considering. Loved it.
I think I finally got what those were. For the longest time I was thinking they were just regular green peas, mashed up but what they really are is split peas, like the kind we use in split pea soup , so it's just sort unreconstituted split pea soup that's not soupy oh, I would definitely eat those
That's right - they are fully-ripened peas that have been dried and then rehydrated and mashed. This is a very traditional accompaniment to fish and chips - but some restaurants serve smashed-up garden peas (when they do, it is terrible)
Marrowfat peas
I love mushy peas. That particular can looks pretty nice. I lived in York for a few months and had them a lot at an excellent fish and chip place there called Wackers, and when I came back to the US I found an imported can but they were the kind that had a grotesque amount of green coloring added. It was pretty off-putting and they also seemed more pasty and dry than the kind I like. Unfortunate but I could probably find a better example here if I tried.
I didn’t realize it was a different breed of pea and that they were starchy. 🤔 That changes things for me.
We have creamy corn in a can in the USA, this looks like the texture of your peas. Lol By the way creamed corn tastes great too. I bet those peas would be good in mashed or creamed potatoes.
Patrice Being fron the UK, references to creamed corn always remind me of that episode of MASH where Father Mulcahy grows corn for the Fourth of July, and Igor the cook creams it instead of cooking it on the cob. I think it sticks in my mind because it seemed like the worst fate for the corn. 😉
Must try it sometime, though. Also: an idea for a future Weird Stuff In A Can episode?
Warren JB I always mix mine with whole kernel add a little butter, salt and pepper done. I'll have to watch for that episode of MASH they still play them.
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ConnorConnor I was looking for this comment
Similar to a old dish called Peas Pottage which is just mushy peas, I love them, bit of mint sauce in them with some fish and chips is gorgeous, proper English food in my opinion
I love mushy peas. Especially with HP sauce
Mushy peas are the business.
They taste great with salt added to them
I add lemon juice and a little dried chilli to mine
Love mushy peas with scampi 🍤😋
Mushy peas and mint sauce! lovely, especially with cockles on top.
First.... mushy peas are ok... but better from a can!
I've only ever eaten canned peas...does anyone know if the texture & taste is the same as with fresh peas?
I'd thought mushy peas was just what I called the result of how my dad made his peas: by ignoring them as long as possible until they burst from being overcooked. He always acts surprised when he checks the pot. Admittedly, they weren't green peas (black-eyed, typically,) so perhaps they turn out better for that variation. My own experience was less than positive: it's like someone tried to take the peas and "re-animate" them to their freshly picked state. AKA: it's awful in the same way the end of one of those gory horror movies is, but someone came by and swept up some of the debris and decided the job was done: clearly some atrocity has occurred, but nothing of real value has been done about it.
Or maybe I just don't like how he makes his peas. Probably that.
Co-op, don’t you know nobody makes peas mushy, like bachelors 😂
I love mushy peas, strangely enough though over the last couple of years I’ve developed some kind of intolerance to them, they give me a stomach ache. Not severe, so I tend to eat them anyway!
OK Links back in time because we can. Green beans not my like for over 60 Years but nevertheless enjoy my share. Always Enjoy you're uploads I used to hide em under my loving skin's . Can I be dismissed . enjoyed👍
This might sound terrible (but hear me out), you can use mushy peas as a substitute guacamole for having with doritos etc. A bit of chilli, lime and heat. It does weirdly work!
Sure - it's actually just green hoummous if you think about it
If I weren't allergic to peas I would make some
I like mushy peas with sauages.
Nice
Mushy peas, known for mushyness
That’s a sad looking fish and chips buddy
Yeah, it is
Just looks like guacamole, so I can’t imagine the appearance being an immediate “nope” for all but the fussiest of eaters. Probably not worth importing, though, for any interested folks outside the UK. Seems like you could get the desired effect by mashing up half a tin (or bag) of peas with a fork and putting the other half in a food processor.
Mashed Green peas won't be anything like this. It's more like beans than pead
#69 nice
Did you know that peas were most commonly used by biologist Grogor Mendel in his research on genetics? Thanks to him, we now know more about heredity.
How to describe mushy peas to someone watching overseas? They are nothing like fresh garden peas.
Imagine cattle feed that’s been cooked to death then added salt, sugar and food colouring to make it passably edible to humans.
You would never eat them alone, or by preference, only as a hard-pressed tradition that they accompany fish and chips.
Vinegar helps a bit... adding bacon? Genius! If only we stayed in the E.U. we would have decent food!
It's just dahl, minus the spice
This is weird. I just had this exact same meal. I don't really like mushy peas though
Are some of these people real REAL FISH
I find mushy peas always need more salt than is included in the tin. Otherwise they are pretty bland.
The color is a lttle atomic in color😂
Mushy peas = sad and disappointing guacamole (which would make the fish & chips taste a lot better).
i eat cans of these cold
This isn't weird. I've seen The Exorcist. 😮
Eeeeeeek! Run away!
3:21
Mushy peas taste nothing like hummus. Have you actually tried hummus? I used to make it all the time and it was nothing like mushy peas.
I didn't say it tastes like hoummous
I'm from Southen England and we know mushy pease is a 3rd world food eaten by northaners lol
Then you're lying - I'm from the south east/east of England and i can tell you that mushy peas are a delicacy here :P maybe because I'm from what used to be an old trawlers port?
I kike them but not with Fish and chips, just as a side dish.
This is how mushy peas are actually made 😉😂
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Here in the US, we call that stuff baby food.
The US are big fat stinky brains
Eww