Field Peas

Ingredients

• Field peas
• Lard
• Bacon

Instructions

1. There are many varieties of these peas; the smaller kind are the most delicate.
2. Have them young and newly gathered; shell and boil them tender.
3. Pour them in a colander to drain.
4. Put some lard in a frying pan; when it boils, mash the peas and fry them in a cake of a light brown.
5. Put it in the dish with the crust uppermost, and garnish with thin bits of fried bacon.
6. They are very nice when fried whole, so that each pea is distinct from the other, but they must be boiled less and fried with great care. Plain boiling is a very common way of dressing them.