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

To many this mixture is more agreeable than pease pudding alone.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

Up and dressed a pease pudding with boyled rabbets and bacon to dinner for want of a cook-mayde, Sarah leaving us at dawn, and he loving it mightily.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

The laugh was now against her; for the dog's body turned out to be a pease pudding, of which she ate very heartily, while Boreas rubbed his hands, and chuckled at the joke.

From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. by Moodie, Susanna