Pease Porridge Hot

Visual Interpretations

Clap and Play - The game’s the thing

The Family That Eats Together - Eats porridge

Animals in the Kitchen - Chefs with tails

Textual/Historical Information

http://www.vegparadise.com/highestperch52.html Detailed information on Pease Porridge and the use of peas.

http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/foodpuddings.html#pease Includes a different explanation of just what "pease porridge" actually is in the Food History timeline.

http://www.recipesource.com/fgv/rice/04/rec0418.html A recipe for Pease Porridge although there are many versions to check.

Versions and Variants

Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing of the versions and variants of this rhyme

Visual Versions and Variants - A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse

Rhyme Specific Bibliography

A Mother Goose Book. Illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.

Symons, Michael. A History of Cooks and Cooking. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2000.

Tannahill, Reay. Food in History. New York: Stein and Day, 1973.