This post may require some appeasement on my part. I do, however, excuse this peas piece by saying that I genuinely love eating good sweet peas. Raw or cooked, cold or hot, plain or in a well prepared recipe, green peas are a treat no matter how they tickle my funny bone. That they have nutritive value is merely a bonus.
Smashed Green Peas make a smashing spread when lightly steamed, mixed with butter, orange zest and juice and a touch of salt and cayenne. Of course if you want them to be truly smashed you can add a dash of orange liqueur, too. If you drink most of the liqueur yourself it is *you* who will be smashed.
Art-Colored Glasses 
I am ha-pea to have found this recipe; the truly smashed version is very appealing!
I am pleased to have apPEAled to your tastes!
Smashing Kathryn !! Simply smashing 🙂 I think smashed peas sounds so much smarter than our “mushy peas” that we have with fish and chips !
Oh, mushy peas are delicious when prepared with a light hand (I seem to recollect that my favorites were actually at the cafe at the Tate Modern, buttery and minty and very fresh). But as I said, I’m a fan of many sorts. The only kind I’ve never quite become friends with are tinned peas, which all taste like, well, the *tin* to me and seem to have lost all of their substance by the time they’re processed.
Mushy peas at the Tate Modern sound very smart indeed – love the view from the café there, great place for a glass of something dry and white early evening or even early afternoon 🙂
A good location is just a bonus when a drink of something dry and white is urgently needed! 😉
All things peas AND beans make life fantastic…
True, true.
Some years ago there was a vogue for a bumper sticker that said “Visual World Peace.” After that became popular, another one appeared that said “Visualize whirled peas.”