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    Default "Perfect" old fashioned mushy peas.

    I'm looking for the old fashioned "perfect" mushy peas recipe or formula.

    I have tried dried peas, fresh peas, tinned peas but I can't seem to get the right consistency or taste. To me the consistency needs to be wet, runny but not so liquid that it runs off. Mostly, these days when you get a pie and peas the peas are just a lumped mash that sits on the top. Years ago I even had one where the peas were so sloppy that I thought it must have been pea soup. I'm looking for the inbetween.

    Think the old wood fired pie van which always had a saucepan of mushy peas which were ladled onto your pie.

    Any ideas?
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    http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/3407...ned+mushy+peas

    Not tried these but I have tried some of the other recipes on this site.
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    Thanks for that Fred.

    Have tried some of the traditional recipes from the net but most are still like "mashed potatoes" in consistency. The closest I have come is to add a spoonful of bicarbonate to the water - close but no cigar.
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    Oh yeh mushy peas n pie

    Sue Microwaves frozen peas for 2-3 mins add good dollop of butter and mash with a fork add mint (my pref)

    Here's Jamies


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob38S View Post
    Thanks for that Fred.

    Have tried some of the traditional recipes from the net but most are still like "mashed potatoes" in consistency. The closest I have come is to add a spoonful of bicarbonate to the water - close but no cigar.
    Bob, you are close. Mum said to soak them in cold water overnight with a spoonful of bicarb, drain them, add fresh water and boil/simmer until the consistency is right.
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    Thanks Crocy,

    I got the bicarb bit from one of the "oldies" but I didn't get where to use it.

    Will certainly give it a go.
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    Bob

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    Have you tried the British canned mushy peas in the English food sections of Colesworths?

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    Tried them many years ago, they were so popular that they are no longer stocked locally

    I am perhaps on a fool's errand but I have a new lead re the bicarb. Memory is a strange thing, but I'm still chasing that old wood fired pie van with the saucepan of mushy peas on the small gas burner taste.
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    Bob

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    Rather partial to the mushy peas,both me an the misses.

    Haven't tried making any myself but I believe MARROWFAT PEAS are the best if you can get them.

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    A friend of mine did home made fish, chips and mushy peas. The mushy peas were the best I had tasted in Oz. Apparently they were a tin of Coles Garden Peas with 1/2 to 3/4 of the liquid drained out after heating and then mashed with a potato masher. So nice.

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    Being of UK descent I can confirm that what you require is Dried Marrowfat peas soaked overnight and a bit of bicarb will help simply boil and simmer to require consistency and add sugar/salt for required taste . . .

    No mushy peas in the UK are made with garden peas always Marrowfat . .

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