Give peas a chance! An American dared to criticise our mushy peas, and provoked outrage – plus some support too, to be fair

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I'm English and I've hated so-called "Mushy peas" all my life. They used to be a khaki colour and were called Marrowfat peas until an ad campaign in the 80s. If I'm eating F&C in a restaurant I'll ask for garden peas – frozen, smaller peas with a little butter. Much nicer.

— Michael Collins (@MichaelVGCollin) January 23, 2026

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Ok, so first off – should be in a small pot, weird it wasn't. Next though, mushy peas can be delicious – tiny bit of salt, bit of vinegar, and then some mint sauce.

It's fucking delicious.

— Tom Crabbe (@cloud_9321) January 23, 2026

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Don’t eat something that looks like vomit, like biscuits and gravy then? pic.twitter.com/W5Fw27IdH6

— Crazy vaclav (@theCrazyVaclav) January 24, 2026

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Have you tasted Pease Pudding? A local savoury delicacy that looks like baby poop. Spread thickly on slices of ham in a stottie cake (plate sized circular 1-2 inch thick heavy bread sliced horizontally) sarnie. pic.twitter.com/Xa1lTvTqIL

— Spr0cket (@Spr0cketteer) January 23, 2026

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Mushy peas and lemon with fish and chips is a secret government policy to prevent people living in northern seaside towns from dying of scurvy.

— Watcher 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🍁 (@Bnnnnb173668) January 23, 2026

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Oh fuck off mate. You've got cheese in a can, eggs full of salmonella and chicken which has been washed in chlorine. Some mashed up peas are probably the healthiest thing you've eaten in years

— Slangers (@Slangers) January 24, 2026

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I’m British and 1000% agree on mushy pees. It’s tasteless mush that is bafflingly revolting. How can it be both tasteless and taste gross at the same time? It defies logic. Disgusting

— James 🧙🏻‍♀️🔮 (@crumplelush) January 23, 2026

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It’s literally mashed peas. What’s he afraid of? Does he eat mashed potatoes? Or is he scared of them too?

— LM (@Lauren79M) January 24, 2026

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You had me right up until the 'seagulls wouldn't eat it' bit. Seagulls will eat anything and I mean, anything. They'd literally eat themselves if they could stand the pain.

— Dom Wirdnam. (@Wurble1) January 24, 2026

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