tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post2159671439985590161..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: A Bequest of White PeasThe Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-5041702097083363812013-08-06T12:02:16.135+10:002013-08-06T12:02:16.135+10:00Fresh peas are all pretty much shades of green, bu...Fresh peas are all pretty much shades of green, but when dry different varieties may have different colours. Some remain green, some dry to a tan or buff colour, some (few) are brownish, or speckled with purple. There are also some, usually older varieties, which dry to very pale green, almost off white. My guess is that white peas would have been one of those varieties. In other words, just what they said! Ferdzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842130394749345902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-87618006329168682032013-08-06T11:02:11.340+10:002013-08-06T11:02:11.340+10:00Maybe another reader can comment on a question I h...Maybe another reader can comment on a question I had about the white peas. In older cookbooks, that term often meant dried yellow peas, which were used for different recipes than the dried green peas were. English cookbooks detailing Indian foods used it that way, as well. Perhaps "white" is a comparative term, just as they used to use "black" to describe a deep suntan?Pietnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-50169494949370946052013-08-06T07:20:47.661+10:002013-08-06T07:20:47.661+10:00Hello Baydog: I wondered that myself! Recipe-writi...Hello Baydog: I wondered that myself! Recipe-writing was an inexact science back then, with many instructions assuming a certain knowledge. I suspect the meat was kept aside for another dish - it would be difficult to make a white soup with a lot of pureed beef in it, and I suspect the recipe would have been called Beef and Peas Soup. The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-27180615496422669782013-08-05T06:19:59.446+10:002013-08-05T06:19:59.446+10:00What about the tender beef?What about the tender beef?Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.com