Yorkshire caviar
English
Noun
Yorkshire caviar (uncountable)
- (Britain, humorous) mushy peas.
- 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall and Southwest England, Lonely Planet →ISBN, page 86
- A hovering bar zips around the restaurant while foodie-types dig in to the cultured food, from corn-fed chicken to fish and chips with Yorkshire caviar.
- 2009, 24 April, Oldfield Restuarants, Passion for Real Food, quoted in "Fishcakes with Yorkshire Caviar", The Journal
- To serve, spoon a reheated dollop of Yorkshire caviar alongside.
- 2012, Paul O'Grady, Still Standing: The Savage Years, Random House →ISBN, page 55
- Downstairs in the kitchen Phil always had a box or two of Batchelors marrowfat dried peas soaking in a bucket together with a sodium tablet, which he would transform the next day into a grey-green lumpy mass of 'Yorkshire caviar', the humble but delicious mush of peas served with mint sauce and vinegar.
- 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall and Southwest England, Lonely Planet →ISBN, page 86
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