[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-yes-but-what-is-it":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I bought a ham this weekend and Stuart had a sudden brainwave and declared we couldn't have boiled ham without pease pudding. So he bought two tins.\\r\n\\r\n'Yes, but what is it?' I ask him. He can't really describe it. 'But it's nice with ham,' he says. I look it up on \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pease_pudding\">Wikipedia\u003C/a>, which tells me it's the same thing as pease porridge, and that it can be eaten hot, cold, or in the pot nine days old. Oo, and it also says this is part of 'Jigg's dinner', the favorite meal of Jiggs, the central character in George McManus's comic strip, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Up_Father\">\u003Ci>Bringing Up Father\u003C/i>\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peasepud-2c0d5938b4.jpg\"> \u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jiggs-98acc68272.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI am guessing this is another one of Stuart's post-war mystery mushes, that only have nostalgic taste value. But I am hoping I am wrong, I'll keep you posted. (For more edible and semi-edible mysteries, have a look at \u003Ca href=\"http://benchilada.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">benchilada\u003C/a>'s foods he tries \u003Ca href=\"http://benchilada.livejournal.com/tag/so+you+don%27t+have+to\">'so you don't have to'\u003C/a>.)","2009-06-10T16:32:00.000Z","yes-but-what-is-it",[],"yes, but what is it?",1776628732736]