Field Peas

Ingredients

• Field peas
• Lard
• Bacon

Instructions

1. Shell young field peas and boil them until tender. Drain them thoroughly in a colander.
2. Heat lard in a frying pan until it boils. Mash the peas and fry them in a cake until light brown. Turn out onto a dish with the crust facing uppermost. Garnish with thin bits of fried bacon.
3. Alternatively, the peas may be fried whole so that each pea remains distinct from the others—in this case, boil them less and fry with great care. Plain boiling is also a common and simple way of dressing them.