12-20-2009, 06:51 AM
The type of pea that was called grey peas would have stayed together more than the split peas used. One of my father's uncles used to raise them on a portion of his farm for use in some of the old family dishes. Its been decades since I had any of those. Looking at google, it looks like they have become a specialty item here in the US, and not as available in Northern Europe as they once were. Not just in England, but it appears grey peas and bacon is also a typical Latvian dish.