17^th Century: Pease Pudding

Pease pudding is an old English dish, remembered in an old nursery rhyme: ‘Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot nine days old; Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot nine days old.’ (The Original Mother Goose’s Melody, 1889.)

It evolved from the medieval pease pottage or porridge, which was one of the main filler dishes before potatoes came to Britain. Various varieties of peas and beans were