Grey Peas

Location: Everywhere
Era: Timeless!

“The thing that I cook now, that my mother used to cook for me, is grey peas. I make a good dish of grey peas. The secret ingredient, which I first tried and it seemed to work out well, is soy sauce. It’s probably not traditional as soy sauce wasn’t around then, but I add it now and it makes them nice and salty. I just eat anything and everything, I always have done since I was a kid and always will do.” Thomas Smedley
“My Nan always used to cook grey peas and bacon too. She still makes it now on a Saturday lunch time for my family. As soon as I walk through the door I can smell it, and I don’t particularly like it, but it feels like tradition. It’s quite salty from the bacon – it’s quite hard to describe other than that. It has a plain flavour and is quite sloppy. When I was younger, I’d sneak into the kitchen and steal the bacon out of the grey peas as it was the only bit I liked.”
Charlotte Mincher

“I did like grey peas. Soaked overnight and boiled with an onion and some fat bacon. Served with crusty bread. It was a bit windy though!”
John Gibson