Let's hear it for Wasabi Peas

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No. Not at all.

Does the taste linger on your tongue?

 

[Biddlybee]

So, what do they actually taste of? The peas are raw, I take it? Are they normal garden peas with a 'wasabi' coating (whatever that is)? Is there MSG? Because if there is I'd be more inclined to try them. I like MSG. It rocks my world.

Great. Now I'm craving Pringles.

I think they're chick peas, and they're wasabi flavoured

Or maybe not

http://www.countryproducts.co.uk/product.php?productid=16685&cat=0&page=2

 

[fogbat]

The peas are deep fried (I think)

They're dry and crunchy, rather than fresh.

It is impossible to leave some for later should you start eating them when you have the munchies

 

[Vintage Paw]

Dry and crunchy? Hmm. So like bombay mix then

Do they taste of peas? I like peas.

 

[Biddlybee]

They don't taste of peas. I don't think you'd like them VP.

 

[fogbat]

I don't like peas, but like wasabi peas. I don't like bombay mix either.

I think you'd like them, VP.

 

[Biddlybee]

try them in a box..

 

[Vintage Paw]

You're probably right, biddly. Best stay out of it. Probably better for all concerned. Somewhere around here does them posh rice pringles for like 60p a can. Don't know where, but every now and again Mr Paw comes home with a can of them. That'll do me. None of this 'peasbutnotpeasdrycrunchycardboardit'llmakeyoureyeswaterbut'lltasteweird' malarky.

 

[Vintage Paw]

My last post was to Biddly's 'I don't think you'd like them VP' post.

But now fogbat's got me all flustered. Perhaps I would like them then? Holland & Barrett had these crunchy chilli things once and although the idea was a good one in reality I didn't like them and was eating them because I thought I should like them. The whole experience was quite upsetting. I don't want to go through that with wasabi peas.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

they are allright

not overly fond of them myself

i do like wasabi though.... my wasabi and sausage sarnies are good

 

[fogbat]

Perhaps you should persuade someone else to buy some. That way, if you don't like them you've not wasted any money

 

[Biddlybee]

Griff... send her a couple in the post

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

the dried peas are kind of tasteless

the wasabi is somewhere between horseradish and mustard... it is amazingly sharp and will go straight through your nasal passage and make you cry however unlike mustard the burn does noyt linger s it is over quickly so it is amasingly refreshing

 

[Vintage Paw]

That's a good point, fogbat. I'm not sure who I could persuade though. I don't know many people who shop in M&S. Plus, they closed the one in Newcastle-u-Lyme (it was one of those stand-alone ones), and the only one left is the one in the M&S in Hanley. And I don't really like going in there. It's weird. Perhaps someone could post me 3 wasabi peas. I think that's probably enough to make a decision. Although, perhaps the transit through the RM system might spoil them in some way. I'd never know if that was actually what wasabi peas tasted like or not.

Edit: Biddly, great minds

 

[Vintage Paw]

the dried peas are kind of tasteless

the wasabi is somewhere between horseradish and mustard... it is amazingly sharp and will go straight through your nasal passage and make you cry however unlike mustard the burn does noyt linger s it is over quickly so it is amasingly refreshing

I've never had horseradish (I remember my parents having some in the fridge at home but being told not to eat it because I wouldn't like it), and I think I've only ever had mustard once when I was young, Colemans no doubt, and I didn't like that either.

I like chilli (is it 1 l or 2 ls? I never know), but not really, really strong that it makes my cry. So maybe I won't like them then.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

the dried peas are kind of tasteless

the wasabi is somewhere between horseradish and mustard... it is amazingly sharp and will go straight through your nasal passage and make you cry however unlike mustard the burn does noyt linger s it is over quickly so it is amasingly refreshing

So are they very good if you've got a cold and are bunged up?

 

[Vintage Paw]

So are they very good if you've got a cold and are bunged up?

Perhaps you could lodge them up your nose?

 

[Griff]

I reckon Vintage Paw would adore them really.

Do you have any Japanese shops in the Midlands?

 

[Vintage Paw]

I reckon Vintage Paw would adore them really.

Do you have any Japanese shops in the Midlands?

My local Waterstone's sells Manga. It's got a whole bay of them now.

 

[BoatieBird]

Whitworths do a wasabi bean mix:

http://www.britishfooddirect.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4036

Totally lush but Tesco seem to have stopped selling them

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Perhaps you could lodge them up your nose?

No, I tend to keep things away from my nose after getting my tooth stuck up there

 

[fogbat]

I think the Peas by Post scheme is the best idea in the short term.

Once VP's properly addicted, we can start charging "Export Fees"

 

[Vintage Paw]

No, I tend to keep things away from my nose after getting my tooth stuck up there

I once swallowed the little key thing you get on old alarm clocks to wind them up. Never had anything stuck up my nose though. Least of all a tooth.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

So are they very good if you've got a cold and are bunged up?

probably


when i last made wasabi i poured cold water on to the powder, it's started to boil quite furiously...

the only other thing i know that does that is quicklime

 

[Vintage Paw]

I never noticed it come back out either. The key. Perhaps it's still in there.

Also, when I was taking my GCSE maths exam, a rain beetle fell from the roof of the sports hall down my top. Now it's important to the story to say the top was one of those nasty leotard-type things with the poppers in the gusset (it was 1994, so don't be looking at me like that, fashion nazis). I never found the rain beetle either.

 

[Mogden]

VP, they have oodles of wasabi peas in Derby so next time you're in town drop me a PM and I can guide you in the right direction I'd offer to post some down the road like but I'm rubbish at remembering to do stuff like that.

 

[Boycey]

not read the thread but YAY for wasabi peas!

and death to the vile imposters: wasabi peanuts and wasabi macadamias*

*i know it sounds like a good idea but actually they suck.

 

[Mogden]

Ooo yeah one of my work colleagues bought wasabi peanuts from Holland and Barrett the other day. Said they were very disappointing which is a shame. On the other hand a friend of mine bought wasabi cashews back with him from Canada a while back and they were bloody delicious.

 

[kittyP]

They serve 1/2 pints of them at the pub I go to after work on a Friday sometimes.

I love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I once swallowed the little key thing you get on old alarm clocks to wind them up. Never had anything stuck up my nose though. Least of all a tooth.

Well I knew better than to put small things in my mouth and decided my nose was better