Cream Peas on Toast

Benjamin Johnston, artist, cream peas chef, and friend of the Clipper

 

·        Butter

·        Flour

·        Salt

·        1 can sweet peas

·        1 small can evaporated milk

·        Bread

 

1.     Melt 4 Tbsps. of butter in a saucepan.

2.     Remove from heat.

3.     Add 3 heaping tbsps. flour & a dash of salt.

4.     Whip until smooth.

5.     Pour juice of one can of peas into a one cup measuring cup.

6.     Fill the measuring cup the rest of the way (to the top*) with evaporated milk.

7.     Add juice/milk to flour mixture, a little at a time, and stir over a low flame until it thickens up.

8.     Add the peas from the can and heap on buttered toast.

 

Chow down!