[Food] Mushy peas with yer Christmas dinner…

[MJsGhost]

It's not really about the mushy peas is it?

Skip forward to 8pm on Christmas Day... with a house full of pissed up, mardy in-laws ganging up on you and a wife offering no support because you brought it upon yourself because you couldn't bear to heat up a pre-made pack of mushy peas and hide it away at the far end of the table from you.

If you want a win:win, just do the mushy peas and let the dog have a lick before you put it on the table - the inlaws can chomp merrily away, while you have a smug giggle to yourself.

Alternatively, just graciously do the mushy peas to let them enjoy their Christmas tradition and be grateful that you're able to have a family gathering at all (even if it is with a gaggle of northern weirdos)

Merry Christmas!

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

OK, Christmas Dinner is:

Roasties
Turkey
Beef or Ham
Gravy
Horseradish Sauce
Sprouts
Peas
Carrots
Roast Parsnips
Cabbage (creamed and with pancetta)
Stuffing
Pigs in Blankets
Cauliflower Cheese

IMHO

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Oddly, I can't stand mushy peas with fish and chips, but strangely learned to like them with a warm pork pie, and mint sauce sprinkled on top.

 

[dsr-burnley]

Mmm, mushy peas. I've never had them with Christmas dinner, but now you've given me the idea ...

It's an easy vegetable to cook. Open the tin, heat on the hob for two minutes, job done. Waste of freezer space buying them frozen.

[Edit to add] a big advantage of mushy peas is that, being covered in their own liquid, they don't go cold as fast in a meal without gravy. Hence fish, chips and mushy peas.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Mushy peas, sprouts, parsnips, cabbage

No wonder the murder rate goes up at Christmas.

 

[melias shoes]

I think I would rather have mushy peas than sprouts.

Sprouts are gangsta!

 

[pasty]

Nay, nay, and thrice nay. Mushy peas =

 

[junior]

It must be a northern thing. As far is I'm concerned the only thing that mushy peas would go anywhere near is Chips, but up here all the northern monkeys i work with are obsessed with smothering thier chips in gravy or curry sauce.

 

[Brian Fantana]

It must be a northern thing. As far is I'm concerned the only thing that mushy peas would go anywhere near is Chips, but up here all the northern monkeys i work with are obsessed with smothering thier chips in gravy or curry sauce.

And quite right too. Chips with gravy (and sometimes cheese) is an absolute delight. Quite a delicacy in Canada too, I think - called Poutine over there.

 

[robinsonsgrin]

[
QUOTE=Tim Over Whelmed;10108480]OK, Christmas Dinner is:

Roasties
Turkey
Beef or Ham
Gravy
Horseradish Sauce
Sprouts
Peas
Carrots
Roast Parsnips
Cabbage (creamed and with pancetta)
Stuffing
Pigs in Blankets
Cauliflower Cheese

IMHO[/QUOTE]

Oi Mr B.. where is the sausage meat stuffing? Why ruin a perfectly good cauli with the food of the devil? oh.... and erm.. bread sauce

 

[BN9 BHA]

Sprouts are gangsta!

Is that good or bad?
I’m afraid I’m not down with da kids

 

[GT49er]

Sprouts are gangsta!

Sprouts are fine ............. with lots of gravy ................... at Christmas .......

The rest of the year they can f*** off.

 

[Mackenzie]

[MENTION=17745]Poojah[/MENTION] having read your message out to my missus (she’s northern and a woman so is reasonably qualified to give an opinion) she thinks that mushy peas on a Christmas dinner is “just wrong”. She says mushy peas have their place, just not on a dinner.

Hope this helps.

 

[Sirnormangall]

I don’t agree with mushy peas for Xmas dinner but I’m going to stick up for the northern supporters here - we currently need all the support we can get and need to stick together ( like your peas).

 

[rigton70]

Turkey
Pigs in blankets
Carrots
Parsnips
Roast pots
Sprouts
Yorkshire pud
Bread sauce
Gravy
Suede she has that i hate suede.

 

[melias shoes]

Is that good or bad?
I’m afraid I’m not down with da kids

Sorry. According to my granddaughter gangsta means good. Don't ask. So that means I love 'em.

 

[melias shoes]

Sprouts are fine ............. with lots of gravy ................... at Christmas .......

The rest of the year they can f*** off.

I like them all year round.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Turkey
Pigs in blankets
Carrots
Parsnips
Roast pots
Sprouts
Yorkshire pud
Bread sauce
Gravy
Suede she has that i hate suede.

https://youtu.be/xqovGKdgAXY

I quite like Suede myself

 

[BadFish]

Mushy peas with Christmas dinner is grim but what really disturbed me the most reading that post was the putting of baked beans in Spaghetti Bolognese, now that is a crime against all culinary decency, a step too far that could justify the return of the death penalty.

I can't even concentrate on the rest on the post. The very idea of this should elicit some serious intervention.

My advice to the OP is that he is clearly dealing with some insane entity and should proceed with caution.

Give them the frozen mushy peas they desire and hope that you are not murdered in your sleep.

OP, Please post before boxing day so we know you are okay.

 

[Bodian]

Right, I think I’m sold. They’re going in the wheelie bin, with all of the marital carnage that will no doubt ensue.

Yes, I’m northern, but I ain’t that northern.

I'm with you on this poojah.

I'm having the (northern) in-laws to Christmas Dinner for the first time in a good few years. They'll eat what they are bloody well given and be grateful for it, and it's what I have chosen to give them - and no arguments. I will tolerate NO complaints - I have told her that they will be sent home without their pudding if they moan.

Mushy peas indeed.....