A Pint Of Peas

[MrsLadyBug]

Does anyone else out there remember back to 50's i think when frozen peas became available. Not having a freezer I remember being sent to the butchers with a jug to get a pint of peas!
Am I imagining it? My lot think I am going senile

[MrsLadyBug]

sorry have posted this in wrong section.

[Tilly2]

I was never sent to the shop to buy a pint of peas. I was sent to get ciggies.

[MrsLadyBug]

I was too, at about 8 years of age was given a few bob by my dad to get his baccie and was allowed to spend the 2d change on whatever I wanted, and got a lovely bag of sweets withthat.

[bhg481]

I don't ever remember frozen peas being sold by the pint but I suspect that dried peas might have been. I remember frozen peas appearing in the shops but they were packets of Birdseye peas; most people didn't even have a fridge in those days, let alone a freezer, so a single packet was all that people could cope with.

[johnny.5]

yes I remember dried peas sold by the pint
not sure if they were for eating or growing

[MrsLadyBug]

It may well have been dry peas. But thought thay were frozen. It definitely was for eating though as I would be sent while mother was cooking and it was the butchers because they had fridges and freezer before most households.

[Hopkirk]

I had a Surprise pea in the pantry

[Old_Geezer]

You may have been confused by the white head on it.

[tonyav]

How about a half pint.
https://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/beans-and-peas/peas/pea-half-pint

[Jackdaw33]

Might it have been mushy peas? I can't ever remember buying peas by the pint but I do remember fishmongers selling mussels by the pint or quart. I also remember Surprise peas. They were a vivid green.

[tonyav]

This woman seemed to like them !
https://longwhitekid.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/shopper-holding-packets-of-surprise-peas-at-merrylands-shopping-centre-nsw-1966-editjpg.jpg

[Jackdaw33]

Fresh garden peas must be about the one vegetable which is only available in season today. Out of season it was tinned peas for us.

[tamborine]

We had to shell our peas or buy them shelled in tins.

[bhg481]

Before the advent of frozen peas if you wanted peas out of season you bought dried peas, soaked them overnight with a tablet of bicarbonate of soda (I think) to make them greener and then boiled them the following day. In our early days of marriage we tried them in a pressure cooker to cut down the cooking time. Unfortunately they boiled up and blocked the pressure control, the pressure built up until the safety valve blew. We hadn't really wanted a green ceiling but we got one.

[MrsLadyBug]

I may well be mistaken. It may have been the fishmongers. No it wasn't mushy peas.. These were loose, not in packets or tins. And not the usual addition to our meal. We only had them on special occassions, maybe it was the butcher, or fishmonger, who was just doing a favour for some of his customers. .

[Jackdaw33]

I remember the palaver with mushy peas. It took about 24 hours to cook them. As you say the packet contained a tablet of sodium bicarb.

[Postdog]

I remember having to shell them. In my opinion, the world would be a better place if children still shelled peas for their mum.

[bhg481]

The problem with shelling peas is that you eat so many in the process there's not enough left for the meal.

[Jackdaw33]

When I was shelling peas I was told to whistle or sing. If I stopped it meant that I was eating them!

[tonyav]

Spent a few hours doing that ( shelling peas ) as a kid for my mom and gran sometimes, Postdog.