moshy peas

[BaaBaa.]

Born in the year the Hun surrendered

Atilla never surrendered.

[margaretcarnes]

Sorry not the Paragon that was Paragon square where the electric trolley buses were. I was thinking of the cinema near the station.

You mention anywhere in the east or west riding of Yorkshire and I guarantee I've been there in the 20 years I biked it there (Me and my Goldie)

It was the Regal cinema Richard. Long gone. The old Locarno site is still just an empty space waiting for the developers. I was in Britannia House yesterday morning overlooking the desolate scene - very sad - but nowt much happens quickly in Hull these days!

[HHTel]

Richard, of course I met you at Billy's farewell. How could I forget. Just shows what age does. 'creeping sinility!!'

Yeh, remember all those places. My folks live in North Hull Estate so have walked through Cottingham many a time.

[richard]

Got the boat pics?

Will send if you give me an email address

[Roel]

Explain mushy peas.
I assume moose 261 that you know what it is and that you rather would like to have explained why on earth people eat such stuff. I think Pleng hit the nail on the head:

Our cuisine is somewhat an 'aquired' taste

In the North East of Thailand - mostly driven by lack of funds - people eat anything nature offers for free such as various creepy crawlers. They grow up with it, get accustomed to it and acquire a taste for it. Then when they move to Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya or Hua Hin and financially it is no longer necessary to eat insects they still run to the stalls selling them. You could call it 'culinary nostalgia' where the nostalgic part outweighs the culinary part. Same with mushy peas.

So next time you see an English person savouring mushy peas forget about the peas. He is identifying himself with the mushy peas: "this is who I am". He dreaming about the past, back home, he is having a nostalgic those-were-the-days-experience.

[Pleng]

Heh that a very philosophical elaboration on my statement, there

[moose 961]

of coarse l have a general idea what mushy peas are. never seen or tasted, we Americans have our comfort foods also. reading these post l found l have more questions about U.K. life. l have to ask one more. what are " drain pipe pants "

[richard]

Skin tight jeans or trousers with big turnups. Original Levis you first wore in the bath tub to shrink them to your body

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