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Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Pease Please
Because you forgot
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
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.
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.
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.
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?"
Pease porridge? Damnit man, speak English!
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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.
ReplyDeleteBack 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.
ReplyDeleteAnd before anyone corrects me pease porridge is an English type pudding made from carlin peas.
ReplyDeleteThat 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.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking few relished pease porridge after nine days, but relished starvation even less.
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I know, I just thought the narrower brushed "Ethical Hollywood Jews" more appropriate.
ReplyDeleteAh 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?"
ReplyDeleteThe rabbi looks at him strangely, and replies, "Out of what?"
Casca
That's a twofer. I'm stealing that and telling it to all my Baptist friends.
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OK, I'm really skeered now...STG two days ago this little verse was earworming me to death. Outta nowhere.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe YOU should be skeered...
Visualize Whirled Pease!
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