# Paula Deen's English Pea Recipe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852 "2012-04-24T22:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/21 "2012-04-25T18:52:48Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > My brother-in-law was visiting once. He wanted to know if he could do anything to help out at lunchtime. I said, sure, why don’t you make up a box of mac & cheese for the kids? > > About 15 minutes later he said, “Wait, was I supposed to drain this?” > > Yeah, he’d boiled the macaroni, and then _without draining the water_ he’d added the cheese powder, milk, and butter. It was…unctuous. > > My brother-in-law was about 35 years old at the time, FTR. I went to grad school with a guy who got a pot of spaghetti sauce boiling and then dumped in box of dried pasta. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/22 "2012-04-25T18:53:31Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Pfft. Paula Deen has gone all healthy, I see. Only HALF a stick of butter? [Still hasn’t learned how to smile like a normal human being tho](http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/greenliving/1134/1133465.large.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/23 "2012-04-25T19:23:46Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > I went to grad school with a guy who got a pot of spaghetti sauce boiling and then dumped in box of dried pasta. I went to college with a guy who once “helped” me bake a cake. He read the ingredients list and saw that it called for “2 eggs, separated”. You know where this is going. Yes, he broke one egg into one bowl, and another egg into another bowl. Ta-da!! 2 eggs, separated. He looked so proud, like your golden retriever when he’s just presented you with half a dead squirrel. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/24 "2012-04-25T19:24:56Z")
And people said the cooks on America’s Worst Cooks were pretending. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/25 "2012-04-25T19:26:34Z")
They could have written that recipe using just one line by saying: Read the instructions on the can. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/26 "2012-04-25T21:38:54Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I went to college with a guy who once “helped” me bake a cake. He read the ingredients list and saw that it called for “2 eggs, separated”. > > You know where this is going. Yes, he broke one egg into one bowl, and another egg into another bowl. Ta-da!! 2 eggs, separated. > > He looked so proud, like your golden retriever when he’s just presented you with half a dead squirrel. Now, let’s cut golden retriever boy some slack. When a recipe says something like “2 tablespoons sugar, divided” it means that’s the total amount required and you’ll have to split it as you work the recipe. Perhaps he equated “separated” with “divided.” Of course, we still tell the story of a relative who called home from college to ask, “When you make macaroni and cheese, do you have to boil the macaroni _first_?” ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/27 "2012-04-25T21:53:34Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I went to college with a guy who once “helped” me bake a cake. He read the ingredients list and saw that it called for “2 eggs, separated”. > > You know where this is going. Yes, he broke one egg into one bowl, and another egg into another bowl. Ta-da!! 2 eggs, separated. > > He looked so proud, like your golden retriever when he’s just presented you with half a dead squirrel. I bake a fair amount..and if you just told me that you needed “two eggs, separated” I could see myself having done the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/28 "2012-04-25T22:15:41Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Didja know that if you put a can of beans in a saucepan, the can’ll eventually spray pork and beans all over the kitchen? I can’t decide whether to laugh at this or be thankful that no one was hurt. Did the can just spring a leak, or fail catastrophically? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/29 "2012-04-25T22:32:06Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > Now, let’s cut golden retriever boy some slack. When a recipe says something like “2 tablespoons sugar, divided” it means that’s the total amount required and you’ll have to split it as you work the recipe. Perhaps he equated “separated” with “divided.” > > Of course, we still tell the story of a relative who called home from college to ask, “When you make macaroni and cheese, do you have to boil the macaroni _first_?” Well, I often use cook-in pasta sauces where you don’t cook the pasta first. But you add a bunch of extra water to the sauce, and cooking time’s about 45 minutes all told. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/30 "2012-04-25T23:41:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I can’t decide whether to laugh at this or be thankful that no one was hurt. Did the can just spring a leak, or fail catastrophically? Don’t know for sure, we weren’t in the room when the mess was made. But if you thought my friend was foulmouthed when he asked her to make the beans, you should of heard her when he told her to clean it up! ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/31 "2012-04-26T02:36:52Z")
Question (from an Englishman): What’s an English pea? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/32 "2012-04-26T03:25:45Z")
It’s Paula Deen, so an English pea is probably pure sugar. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/33 "2012-04-26T11:52:43Z")
My guess is that she meant marrowfat peas. ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/34 "2012-04-26T12:21:53Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > Question (from an Englishman): What’s an English pea? Answer (from an Englishman): a pea. (ok, a garden pea but that’s not such a good answer) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/35 "2012-04-26T12:47:06Z")
It goes over better at parties than her English Pee recipe. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/36 "2012-04-26T13:20:01Z")
> [@Baboonanza](#): > > Answer (from an Englishman): a pea. > > (ok, a garden pea but that’s not such a good answer) In the USA, Southerners call them “English” peas to distinguish them from “black-eyed” peas, which are much more common in southern cooking. (I used to live in Memphis, Tennessee.) ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/37 "2012-04-26T16:14:02Z")
They could just call them green peas. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/38 "2012-06-06T16:17:43Z")
Yeah, green peas woudl be normal here in Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/39 "2012-06-06T21:14:22Z")
No amount of butter will help canned peas, English, marrowfat, garden,or green. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-deens-english-pea-recipe/619852/40 "2012-06-07T01:02:46Z")
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