pease pudding

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.

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pease pudding British  

noun

1. (esp in Britain) a dish of split peas that have been soaked and boiled served with ham or pork

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Etymology

Origin of pease pudding

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

This relief usually consisted of potted beef and pease pudding; items that, given the limited capacity for long-term food storage in the 19th century, had some chance of surviving the journey between islands.

From Time • Sep. 27, 2017

When I realised Greggs no longer sold ham and pease pudding stotties I thought: 'Is this what it has come to?'

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2010

“Give me a boiled leg of pork, and some pease pudding, and prove me,” answered Terence, laughing.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

So, mother dear—my clue is all right—will you get me a bit of paper and a pencil and a lump of pease pudding, and I will set out at once.

From The Princess and the Goblin by MacDonald, George

See now! if the horses could eat pease pudding, and drink punch, they'd got it for askin'; but now it's all for saving, and saving.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James