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Yorkshire caviar en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (UK, humorous, uncountable) mushy peas.
    • 2009, 24 April, Oldfield Restaurants, Passion for Real Food, quoted in "Fishcakes with Yorkshire Caviar", The Journal To serve, spoon a reheated dollop of Yorkshire caviar alongside.
    • 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. 2012, Paul O'Grady, Still Standing: The Savage Years, Random House, →ISBN, page 55:
    • 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. 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall and Southwest England, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 86: