Vox pop asking Lancashire residents what they think about parched peas

Lancashire Post

To celebrate the launch of our new podcast, The Parched Pea Pod, we went out to ask the people of Lancashire what they think about the classic local delicacy that is parched peas...

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00:00Hi, my name's Jack Marshall, I'm a digital reporter with the Lancashire Post and Blackpool

00:09Gazette newspapers and I'm just coming to you today with a bit of an announcement that

00:13you may have seen recently that we've launched a podcast called The Parched Pea Podcast,

00:17named obviously after the famous local Prestonian slash Lancastrian delicacy, which obviously

00:24many of you will be very familiar with. Now, off the back of that, the first episode has

00:28since been released and it's kind of focused on the food in Preston, based a lot around

00:34obviously local classics, local eateries, local kind of like well-known food heroes

00:39in the city. Now, in this first episode, we spoke to local fish and chip owners who work

00:45on the market, we even spoke to one of the Spud brothers who obviously were now world

00:48famous after the success of their social media campaigns. Basically, it's just a look at

00:53behind the scenes about the food that keeps the city ticking over day to day and so to

00:58kind of celebrate that, we really thought what better way than to get some parched peas,

01:03go out into Preston, see what people thought of them, get people to try them and just kind

01:07of celebrate that local delicacy to announce and kind of launch The Parched Pea Podcast.

01:12So yeah, my colleague Georgia went out into town just to see what people thought about it.

01:17Let's see how she got on.

01:19We asked the people of Preston what they thought of parched peas and gave them an opportunity to try them.

01:24What do you think of parched peas?

01:26Well, it's very good, yeah.

01:28Would you ever recommend them to a friend?

01:31If they visit Preston, yes.

01:33And the first time you tried them was in Preston?

01:35Yes.

01:36And you enjoyed them?

01:37Yeah.

01:39It's pretty warm still, isn't it?

01:42Oh, they've got vinegar.

01:44They've got vinegar?

01:45Yeah, go on.

01:46They're very good.

01:47What do you think of the flavour?

01:49Nice bit of sourness.

01:53Bit peppery.

01:54However, really good because they've got a subtle amount of vinegar in there.

01:58Not sharp, but they're good.

02:00Would you have them again?

02:02Did you make these?

02:03No, I got them from the van actually, yeah.

02:05We'll have them again.

02:06100% I'd have them again, yeah.

02:15So what do you think about them?

02:18Quite nice.

02:19They are quite nice.

02:20There's a lot of flavour in them.

02:21How would you describe the flavour?

02:23Intense.

02:24Very intense.

02:26I feel like they've got a little kick as well, which I didn't expect.

02:29But it comes through at the end.

02:30They are very nice, yeah.

02:31I do rate them.

02:32Would you have them again?

02:33How much are they?

02:34I don't know.

02:35You don't know?

02:36I would.

02:37I probably would pay more than five for them.

02:39But they are very nice.

02:40I do rate them.

02:41So what do you think about them?

02:43I think they're really nice, to be honest.

02:45They're very, very peppered and I like that about Foxbees.

02:51Would you have them again?

02:52Yeah.

02:53Oh yeah, definitely.

02:59I love the Foxbees, mate.

03:00What do you think of the flavour?

03:01I think they're good.

03:02It's got a very proper little vinegar flavour to it.

03:05It's got a nice kick to it.

03:06It's got a nice kick to it.

03:07It's got a nice kick to it.

03:08It's got a nice kick to it.

03:09It's got a nice kick to it.

03:11A proper little vinegary.

03:17It's decent.

03:18I think the flavour's good.

03:20I'll hit and miss with Pirate's Beach, to be honest.

03:22I think these are really nice, can I keep these?

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