[Sca-cooks] Bohemian peas

[Olwen the Odd]

>Another, from the online version of Sabrina Welserin:
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>149 To make Bohemian peas
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>Take one and a half ounces of peas, cook them until dry, so that they are
>not too wet, and pound them in a mortar, so that they become a fine mush.
>Put good wine on them, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and sugar. Serve it
>cold, sprinkle it with sugar. It is a good and lordly dish.
>

What kind of peas?  I am not sure I understand.  Regular green peas?  Dried 
green or yellow peas?  Or some other legume?  In a way, this sounds similar 
to a broad (fava) bean recipe (can't recall just now where from) except the 
beans weren't mashed.
Olwen

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