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

His soul was still sick with the reek of the boiled pork and pease pudding he had cooked two hours before under a torrid and vertical sun.

From The Delectable Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Boiled leg of pork, greens, potatoes, pease pudding.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

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