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Grey peas are a traditional dish that is eaten in Schleswig -Holstein, especially in Elmshorn and some neighboring places, on Shrove Tuesday. Spread this dish is also in East Frisia; It was formerly also known in East Prussia.

It is in the Grey peas a kind of stew, the main component of the eponymous horror peas (also known under the name Marrowfat ) are. They are soaked in water, boiled for several hours and usually with potatoes, bacon sauce, braised onions and pork cheek, smoked and cooked sausage served ( Low German Grey ARFEN with Swiensback, Kassler and Kokswust ). First recipes for the preparation of horror peas ( as garnish ) found, among others at Sophie Wilhelmine Scheibler.

This one-pot meal is from the time of the Thirty Years' War, and the origin of the Grey peas and their meanings have grown up in the region Elmshorner some legends. All versions have in common is that Elmshorn suffered as a result of the war, under a great famine. Some families report that the distress was relieved, because a farmer cooked the peas, with which he intended to feed his pigs, instead. Also it is said that coincidentally a loaded with those regarded as inferior peas ship the Krückau came up, it only briefly, after the marauding troops were withdrawn. Other Versions report that the peas were discovered in an abandoned warehouse.

The Grey peas were originally the regulars and visitors offered free of charge at the inns Elmshorns and surroundings only on Shrove Tuesday. This tradition has now partially survived. Today the Court is offered due to the large demand for several days in the various restaurants. Also, there is the court usually only in private homes or in association with closed societies free of charge in restaurants but the Grey peas are often served at cost or at least at a reasonable price. During the specified days the offering restaurants are usually packed to the last seat, and the gray - peas - Essen Fairground character. To the serious food especially caraway schnapps and beer is drunk.

In East Friesland the Grey peas are not eaten as a stew but similar to green peas as a side dish with potatoes. They are to be soaked and boiled in water overnight. When sauce crispy bacon is omitted and poured with the fat on the peas. Thus, the mealy, dry gray peas are very tasty.

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