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Help me settle this argument with my husband before we divorce

106 replies

KiraKiraHikaru · 12/09/2022 19:38

Peas on a roast yes or no?!

yanbu- yes!
yabu-no!

OP posts:
Nanalisa60 · 12/09/2022 21:05

Especially if it’s roast Lamb

Minniem2020 · 12/09/2022 21:06

Had garden peas on ours yesterday.
Did anyone else have mushy peas on the Xmas dinner years ago?
We always did when we were kids but I'm not sure if it was the norm then or if my mam just liked them. They were the ones that she soaked overnight

PlentyOFool · 12/09/2022 21:06

I love fresh buttered garden peas with a little mint sauce mixed in with a lamb roast. I would be a touch narky if I saw them with pork or beef though...

KiraKiraHikaru · 12/09/2022 21:06

We usually do:

Cauliflower and broccoli cheese
mashed swede and carrot
roasted honey parsnips
That nice posh kale that I can’t remember the name of
Potato’s
red cabbage
stuffing
Yorkshire puddings
meat
gravy.

OP posts:
JemimaPiddleDick · 12/09/2022 21:15

KiraKiraHikaru · 12/09/2022 19:44

The no person likes peas but will not accept them as being part of a roast dinner

Well that’s plain stupid

elm26 · 12/09/2022 21:19

Nooo but then again I hate peas

Upwiththelark76 · 12/09/2022 21:23

Of course !!!

Bagzzz · 12/09/2022 21:32

I’m missing the point but can’t you just make a smaller portion for the person that wants it or do them every other week?

holidaynightmare · 12/09/2022 21:33

Not on a Sunday dinner definately not they belong with fish or steak

I once went to a friends house years ago and her Mum served tinned mushy peas with roast chicken 🐔 🤮 with bloody mint sauce on them!! Wtf is that all about!!!!

Honeyroar · 12/09/2022 21:35

They’re only ok if you need to bulk up the other vegetables. But there should be at least two other “proper” veg.

GretaVanFleet · 12/09/2022 21:35

I hate peas but I do them for everyone else because they’re another veg on the plate and they’re also quick. I just don’t put any on my plate.

LuckyLuckyWoman · 12/09/2022 21:37

Yes, but not a Sunday lunch :)

LubaLuca · 12/09/2022 21:38

I love peas, I'd happily have them with a roast dinner. I have to say though, I only do them if I don't have enough of summat else green to make the plates look less beige, like if we ask someone to come but I only have a small head of broccoli or whatever. They add some green bulk, they're not in my top 10 of green veg to have with a roast.

5foot5 · 12/09/2022 22:11

Gosh there are done strange people. How could anyone not like peas?

I am quite happy to have them as one of the veg with a Sunday roast but we always have at least two other types, eg carrots and savoy then gave peas as the third.

Weirdest combo I can remember is school dinners which served cold slices of beetroot with fish. I mean, who risks giving beetroot to small children in their school clothes anyway.

Whatsthepointofmosquitos · 12/09/2022 22:18

DH requests them whenever we have a roast.

Always4Brenner · 12/09/2022 22:24

Minniem2020 · 12/09/2022 21:06

Had garden peas on ours yesterday.
Did anyone else have mushy peas on the Xmas dinner years ago?
We always did when we were kids but I'm not sure if it was the norm then or if my mam just liked them. They were the ones that she soaked overnight

Love love love those nothing tastes quite like them now.

Itstrueiagree · 12/09/2022 22:58

No because I don't like them! But yes if you do. Do as you peas really.😂

solvendie · 12/09/2022 23:03

No. I love peas but they should never be eaten with gravy

RewildingAmbridge · 12/09/2022 23:05

I love peas, but they don't belong on a roast, they belong on any other quick dinner because they take two minutes to cook, roasts deserve roasted parsnips, carrot and swede mash, something dark green and irony.
Petit pois for the win....

SudocremOnEverything · 12/09/2022 23:08

Itstrueiagree · 12/09/2022 22:58

No because I don't like them! But yes if you do. Do as you peas really.😂

This. Possibly without the pun. 🤣

I mean, I eat peas if they’re on my plate. But I’d never choose to put them there.

Newdawnnewdog88 · 12/09/2022 23:15

Depends on the roast surely?

Roast lamb, peas and mint sauce is a classic.

Chicken, beef and pork - no

Gammon ham - yes!

TooMuchToDoTooLittleInclination · 12/09/2022 23:25

Marrow fat or mushy YES

garden peas in rice (not with a roast dinner.)

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 12/09/2022 23:39

I would say it’s an optional extra!

My dd likes them so I tend to do them, but wouldn’t say it’s traditional as such.

BadLad · 12/09/2022 23:45

KiraKiraHikaru · 12/09/2022 21:06

We usually do:

Cauliflower and broccoli cheese
mashed swede and carrot
roasted honey parsnips
That nice posh kale that I can’t remember the name of
Potato’s
red cabbage
stuffing
Yorkshire puddings
meat
gravy.

This is such a welcome change from the competitive undereating we get on Mumsnet.

Peas are fine on a roast here, unless they're mushy peas, in which case the police have to be called.

TeeBee · 12/09/2022 23:48

Oooh yes!

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