Saturday, 18 August 2012
Peas Are The Reason
I have pondered on the fact,and concluded that it is not due to the diet but because it is green and being green is fashionable now, albeit ,I do know this has been the practise for at least the norm in our lifestyle for last 55 years.Everywhere I went this summer I had the same thought surely there has been sufficient rain to make the landscape aesthetically pleasing in enough shades of green without having to add any extra portions.
In Greece the pea is actually a main dish and cooked with potatoes to make a tasty meal, In France petit pois are treated to a few extras before being served but still I maintain not a patch on the Greek version. For some reason the people of England have never really come to terms with the versatility of these green pods and their content. This is most amazing since the ancient Egyptians were recorded as having eaten them, therefore would it not be fair to assume that given the time lapse since then and now we would have fathomed what to do with them.
My fondest recollection of peas goes back a few decades to the school dining room.There ,they were a supply of arms with which one could launch an attack.Using the offensive veg as a projectile weapon against annoying peers, could be achieved with a simple flicking of the fingers and a well positioned pea or using a thick straw with which we were supplied to drink our milk, that is before Maggie Thatcher milk snatcher removed the privilege.
The British table manners being what they are also dictated that as a child you had to master the skill of actually getting them to balance on your fork and into your mouth without leaving any form of evidence of where you had sat. Yes I honestly believe that it is the pea that motivates me to stay where I am at least for the time being.
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