Meanings
- UKhumorousuncountablemushy peas.
2009, 24 April, Oldfield Restaurants, Passion for Real Food, quoted in "Fishcakes with Yorkshire Caviar", The Journal To serve, spoon a reheated dollop of Yorkshire caviar alongside.
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A hovering bar zips around the restaurant while foodie-types dig in to the cultured food, from corn-fed chicken to fish and chips with Yorkshire caviar.
2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall and Southwest England, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 86Downstairs in the kitchen Phil always had a box or two of Batchelors marrowfat dried peas soaking in a bucket together with a sodium tablet, which he would transform the next day into a grey-green lumpy mass of 'Yorkshire caviar', the humble but delicious mush of peas served with mint sauce and vinegar.
2012, Paul O'Grady, Still Standing: The Savage Years, Random House, →ISBN, page 55
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Yorkshire caviar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yorkshire%20caviar
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