Black peas are commonly found at fairgrounds and mobile food counters.

Behind the glasses, tiny eyes like black peas flitted from me to Farid.

The availability of black peas is not steady.

Many people fail to re-create the same taste black peas provide when bought at a funfair.

A woman in a black pea jacket and jeans screamed at me from her porch and waved a snow shovel.

The principal pulses consumed are peas, black peas, mash and rajmash.

Pèsol negre, a local variety of 'black pea'

The seeds of the species are not to be confused with edible 'black peas', which are a form of Pisum sativum.

Ms. Miller looked vaguely military in her black pea jacket and knee-length boots, a headband holding back her short dirty-blond hair.

Black peas, also known as parched peas: popular in Darwen, Bolton and Preston.

When it resembled a black pea the fiery homunculus plucked it from mid-air and held it in both diminutive hands.

He had nothing to eat but a little black bread and boiled turnips and now and then a little soup with black peas in it.

Lathyrus niger, also known as black pea, blackening flat pea and black bitter vetch, is a perennial legume that is native to Europe.

Black peas, also called parched peas or maple peas, form a traditional Lancashire dish served often on or around Bonfire Night (5 November).

Unlike the Lancashire black peas, Carlin peas are fried with butter for a few minutes and are often boiled for an hour rather than being slow boiled for up to three hours.

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They only that are fortunate will behold thy face, like unto the moon emerged from the clouds, after thy coronation bath in water sanctified with Kusa grass and fried paddy and black peas!'

Halfway to her feet she glanced up the stairs behind Moiraine, her eyes widened, and abruptly she sat down again, focusing on her plate of black peas and onions as if nothing else in the world existed.

A mate of mine regularly visits Bury Market to pick up some black peas from Bill Jackson, snaffle some black pudding at Chadwick's and then swing by south Indian stars Sanmini Express (curry, £3.50).

The town's traditional foods include Tater Pie (Potato Pie, or Meat and Potato Pie), a variation on Lancashire Hotpot, black peas, today mainly eaten on Whit Friday, and tripe.

No matter what shape or material mortar and pestle you buy, it will be difficult not to become enamored of the sounds and the scents - how something as plain as a peppercorn can be transformed from a black pea to pungent shards under your command.

You could almost say it was dull, but if dullness is a black pea jacket tossed over a navy dévoré velvet evening dress or a black silk number with corseted bodice and wide straps framing a bare back, then maybe it's time to turn down the volume.

A variant (particularly popular around Bolton, Bury and Preston, Lancashire), is parched peas - carlin peas (also known as maple peas, or black peas) are soaked and then boiled slowly and for a long time; the peas are traditionally served with vinegar.

Lathyrus niger, also known as black pea, blackening flat pea and black bitter vetch, is a perennial legume that is native to Europe.

Lathyrus niger, also known as black pea, blackening flat pea and black bitter vetch, is a perennial legume that is native to Europe.