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Carlings,does anyone know what they were?

(17 Posts)
Marmite32 Thu 03-Mar-22 17:04:14

Children used to eat them as an alternative to sweets in the days of sweet rationing.
I didn't like them but loved licorice root, another alternative. I think you can still buy that.

FannyCornforth Thu 03-Mar-22 07:07:11

Aha. It’s groaty pudding - made with groats (no idea what groats are)
It’s cooked for 16 hours! shock
The images an the net show it as brown, but I remember it being cream coloured , and I definitely don’t remember it having beef in it.

FannyCornforth Thu 03-Mar-22 07:03:51

In the Black Country we used to have something called Graughty / Groarty / ? Pudding on bonfire night.
The last time I ate it must have been in the 70s.
It was a very thick pea based stew I think, but also a bit like pearl barley.
I’m off to Google…

NotSpaghetti Wed 02-Mar-22 23:02:25

Black peas were eaten on bonfire night in my home. We had them with salt and vinegar.
I think they were actually Carlin peas.
I have some in my pantry so they are available still if you look for them.

Nannarose Wed 02-Mar-22 21:47:38

Grown in Suffolk, on sale at our local wholefood co-op; and can be bought on-line.
hodmedods.co.uk/collections/peas

I use them instead of chickpeas

avitorl Wed 02-Mar-22 20:10:21

I think they were called Carlins? Black peas,boiled and served on Carlin Sunday in The North East.
They were/are popular in places like Bury in the NW and sold at Market stalls.

Yammy Wed 02-Mar-22 19:53:27

No not Carlings Black label we used them in peashooters and did they sting especially on your face or the back of your legs.
Thanks Minimoon you've reminded me of the beginning of the Rhyme we used to say.
They were fed to pigeons and were a brown colour.

MiniMoon Wed 02-Mar-22 19:46:17

Last year I had great difficulty finding dried carlings, even using the alternative names badger peas or pigeon peas.

MiniMoon Wed 02-Mar-22 19:43:19

My mother used to say, "tid, mid, miserae, carling, palm and paice egg day," to remember the order of the Sundays running up to Easter.
We always ate carling on the Sunday before Palm Sunday.
Here is a link to an article about how the tradition originated.

Redhead56 Wed 02-Mar-22 18:19:49

Blossoming thanks I rather liked parched peas when our daughter was at uni there.

Jaxjacky Wed 02-Mar-22 17:34:29

Great minds Kate.

Kate1949 Wed 02-Mar-22 17:27:25

I was about to say Jax I thought this was a thread about lager!

Jaxjacky Wed 02-Mar-22 17:00:14

If you asked MrJ he’d tell you they’re his cans of beer in the fridge!

Blossoming Wed 02-Mar-22 16:59:22

Those are parched peas Redhead, sold as pigeon peas in some shops.

Redhead56 Wed 02-Mar-22 16:57:10

They sound like Preston brown peas you buy cooked and sold on a cart in Preston. They can also be seen sold uncooked in some of the shops there.

AreWeThereYet Wed 02-Mar-22 16:40:47

Mr Google says

'Carlings are fried dried brown field peas. What all the cultivars have in common is that, like chickpeas, they hold their shape well when cooked. They have a nutty taste and are close to chickpeas in consistency.'

Yammy Wed 02-Mar-22 16:30:55

The post of Shrove Tuesday made me remember a rhyme we used to say and it ended,Carling,Palm and Pache Egg day.
We used to blow carlings through peashooters and eat them after they had been soaked in water. Were they a form of a pea?
Men used to feed them to their pigeons.