Pease pudding, sometimes known as pease pottage or pease porridge, is a baked vegetable product, which mainly consists of split yellow or Carlin peas, water, salt, and spices, often cooked with a bacon or ham joint. It is similar in texture to hummus and is light yellow in colour, with a mild taste. Pease pudding was traditionally produced in England, especially in the industrial North Eastern areas - although it is now widely available throughout the country, often in butcher's shops (due to the bacon connection). It is often served with ham/bacon and stottie cakes. Pease pudding is featured in a nursery rhyme, Pease Porridge Hot. This was served in Pease Pottage village to convicts on their way from London to ports on the south coast.
Etymology
The name pease porridge is derived from the archaic noun pease (plural peasen), derived in turn from the Latin word pisum.
