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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 |
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Pease Please
15 comments:
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Anonymous said...
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Pease porridge? Damnit man, speak English!
Josh -
8/6/13, 6:56 PM
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iri said...
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I thought the rhyme might have had an origin based on some significant catastrophic event or as a code like "Ring Around the Rosey" and "Hot Crossed Buns" respectively but found nothing. Who would like porridge in the pot nine days old? Certainly not the people who planned to eat it.
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8/6/13, 7:27 PM
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K-nine said...
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Back in the day you had one big pot to cook over your fire in the fireplace. You would cook a meal, say, peas and porridge. You'd eat it hot for supper, cold for breakfast. You never really emptied the pot... You'd just keep adding ingredients. Peas and porridge nine days old.
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8/6/13, 7:47 PM
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K-nine said...
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And before anyone corrects me pease porridge is an English type pudding made from carlin peas.
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8/6/13, 7:51 PM
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iri said...
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That makes sense! I thought of another answer. I'd bet the fermentation time of that grain(?)is about 7-9 days. I'll bet Mother Goose was no teetotaller.
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8/6/13, 7:53 PM
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Jess said...
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I'm thinking few relished pease porridge after nine days, but relished starvation even less.
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8/6/13, 10:06 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Jewish Ethics
Italian War Heroes
Polish Who's Who
English Cooking
Casca -
8/7/13, 1:36 AM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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???
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8/7/13, 6:00 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Worlds shortest books.
Casca -
8/7/13, 9:06 AM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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I know, I just thought the narrower brushed "Ethical Hollywood Jews" more appropriate.
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8/7/13, 9:37 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Ah yes, reminds me of the priest and the rabbi sitting in the pew, listening to the choir practice, and the priest leans over to the rabbi, and whispers, "How'd you like to F*%^ that alter boy over there?"
The rabbi looks at him strangely, and replies, "Out of what?"
Casca -
8/7/13, 3:29 PM
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iri said...
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That's a twofer. I'm stealing that and telling it to all my Baptist friends.
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8/7/13, 5:35 PM
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Anonymous said...
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World's Shortest Books:
Don't overlook "The Comprehensive Wit and Wisdom Of Barack Obama" -
8/7/13, 6:33 PM
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Merrily said...
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OK, I'm really skeered now...STG two days ago this little verse was earworming me to death. Outta nowhere.
Or maybe YOU should be skeered... -
8/7/13, 9:27 PM
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Kev said...
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Visualize Whirled Pease!
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8/8/13, 8:49 PM
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