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

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pease pudding

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

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)

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

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

"Beef, boiled and roast; veal and ham; line of pork, roast; leg boiled, with pease pudding; cutlets, chops and steaks, greens, taters, and pease," etc. etc.

From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 by Seymour, Robert