Pease pudding

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Pease pudding, sometimes known as pease pottage or pease porridge, is a baked vegetable product, which mainly consists of split yellow or Carlin peas, water, salt and spices, often cooked with a bacon or ham joint.

It is similar in texture to hummus, light yellow in color, with a mild taste. Pease pudding was traditionally produced in England, especially in the industrial North Eastern areas - although it is now widely available, often in butcher's shops (due to the bacon connection). It is often served with ham/bacon and stottie cakes.

Pease pudding is also mentioned in a nursery rhyme, Pease Porridge Hot.

[edit] Etymology

Main article: Pea#Etymology

The name pease porridge is derived from the archaic mass noun pease, derived in turn from the Latin word pisum.

[edit] See also

• Mushy peas