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

The rich man thus secured the gravy which the poor man, who relied on a paper wrapper for his pease pudding, had to give away.

From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George

On one day a week, however, baked or boiled fish is served with pease pudding, potatoes, and boiled currant pudding, and on another, brown gravy is given with onions in batter.

From Regeneration by Haggard, Henry Rider

There were two casks of salt pork; but, as the doctor whispered to Willy, without plenty of water and pease pudding to eat it with, salt pork would prove dangerous food.

From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by Kingston, William Henry Giles