# Peas-and-cheese salad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848 "2014-09-18T17:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/1 "2014-09-18T17:51:44Z")
Dad’s favourite ‘meat salad’ was the [SPAM salad sandwich](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17555782&postcount=26). The non-meat thing he made was peas-and-cheese salad. This was made by mixing a drained can of peas with Miracle Whip and diced cheese. Sometimes he used Kraft real American cheese, and sometimes he used mild cheddar. Good stuff, but rather heavy. I thought about dad’s peas-and-cheese salad last week when I bought some from Fred Meyer. I didn’t know any store actually made it. The Fred Meyer version was peas, cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, and bacon bits. I think that Miracle Whip is lighter, so if I made the salad I’d buy a jar. It’s heavy enough already without mayonnaise! I don’t know if I liked the bacon bits. I mean, they’re kind of like _bacon!_ But I’m not sure the salad needs them. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/2 "2014-09-18T18:04:55Z")
I’ve had your dad’s version at a friend’s house. Better than I expected (and I _loathe_ Miracle Whip usually) but together, they work. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/3 "2014-09-18T18:37:02Z")
On a bed of greens with diced ham instead of bacon bits… yeah, I’d try it. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/4 "2014-09-18T18:58:05Z")
Traditional British Cheazy Peas is maybe what you are looking after [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YT5kI3zJFmA/hqdefault.jpg "Cheezy Peaz") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT5kI3zJFmA) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/5 "2014-09-18T19:04:35Z")
Peas ‘n’ cheese was one of Mom’s few standards. She never really learned how to cook but she could assemble peas ‘n’ cheese. Dad tried making it once when Mom was out of town for a funeral and made everybody sick! Us boys slept in a room with wood paneling and one area of the paneling, at bed level, got a permanent light spot. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/6 "2014-09-19T05:27:34Z")
[quote=“Baron\_Greenback, post:4, topic:698848”] Traditional British Cheazy Peas is maybe what you are looking after [/QUOTE] Damn it, that’s what I came here to say! Scorchio! ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/7 "2014-09-19T09:03:07Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > Damn it, that’s what I came here to say! > > Scorchio! Bombo Chipolata - zero Sporting Club BANG! - zero Mia Antonius Gubba…Bono Estente… ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/8 "2014-09-19T11:58:45Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > Damn it, that’s what I came here to say! Hee! Me too. ThethethethethethethetheChrisWaddell. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/9 "2014-09-19T14:16:25Z")
“P’s and Q’s” - a pasta salad using cooked, drained alphabet noodles, thawed frozen peas, very finely diced gouda (you could use any cheese, I guess), and Italian dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/10 "2014-09-19T14:57:37Z")
The stuff in the OP sounds repulsive, but I _loves_ me some [mattar paneer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattar_paneer). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/11 "2014-09-19T15:00:25Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > The stuff in the OP sounds repulsive, but I _loves_ me some [mattar paneer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattar_paneer). I’ve only had mattar paneer hot. I’m talking about a cold salad. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/12 "2014-09-19T16:26:41Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > The stuff in the OP sounds repulsive. It certainly is when made wrong. 😉 I was only a year old when this happened so I have actual memories of it, just a spot on the wall. I’m guessing Dad didn’t notice that the Miracle Whip had expired. Whatever the cause, nobody wanted him to make it again. ---
**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/13 "2014-09-21T01:31:44Z")
Mmmm, pea salad. You need to add a dash of basil vinegar and some chopped sweet or green onion, maybe even some sour cream. Let it meld in the fridge for a day and it’s even better. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/14 "2014-09-21T02:00:06Z")
Try it with canned (and drained and rinsed) kidney beans. You can skip rinsing, but the mayo and the mucilage and red grainy stuff from the beans will set up as it chills. Which is great if you like it, but I try to take other people’s tastes into account when I cook. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/15 "2014-09-21T14:12:36Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Try it with canned (and drained and rinsed) kidney beans. You can skip rinsing, but the mayo and the mucilage and red grainy stuff from the beans will set up as it chills. Which is great if you like it, but I try to take other people’s tastes into account when I cook. I’m trying to taste that. When I was a kid/teen, I liked hot kidney beans with chunks of cheese stirred in. (Coincidentally, I was just thinking about that a week ago.) I don’t dislike three-bean salad, which is, of course, cold. I’m not quite imagining a cold kidney bean salad with mayo and cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/16 "2014-09-22T20:30:17Z")
Mom always made pea and cheese salad with Velveeta. She also added a little onion. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/17 "2014-09-23T02:43:50Z")
elbow macaroni Miracle Whiup peas cubed chedda cubed ham green onion you can leave us ham and cheese out and substitute those little salad shrimp so good drooling like Homer ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peas-and-cheese-salad/698848/18 "2014-09-23T14:44:18Z")
My mom makes peas 'n peanuts for holiday dinners and it’s wonderful. So simple. A small bag of frozen peas, half a can of salted Spanish peanuts and 1/2 to 3/4 cup of Miracle Whip. If you don’t have Miracle Whip, use regular mayo and add a teaspoon of sugar. Mix and chill.