Give peas a chance

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Posted at 3:34PM, 03 July 2009 by Andrea McGinniss - Editor, bbcgoodfood.com

At last I can proudly declare my Glastonbury bubble officially popped. Three days back and I'm finally starting to feel almost normal again. The ears have stopped ringing, the wellie rash is on its way out and I've stopped discovering mud in unexpected places.

I've also developed a fierce craving for vegetables. I was told 'Glastonbury will change your life, man' expecting spiritual fulfillment and some sort of rock 'n roll induced religious experience but I never signed up for this!

Ever the glutton, I looked forward to feasting on my favourite things at Glasto: live music, cider and fast but fabulous food. The music blew me away, from The Boss to Blur I was spellbound throughout. Sadly, the cider kept running out - nae bother I found beer in a cardboard cup a perfectly palatable substitute. But the food? More gruesome than gourmet I'm afraid.

The food? More gruesome than gourmet I'm afraid.

It also all seemed to be priced at £6 too - which was great if you wanted a plate-sized Yorkshire pud stuffed with bangers, beans and mash but not such great val if you just wanted a bacon butty to fight camping fatigue. The best meal I had? A steak and ale pie with creamy mash and peas. Perfect comfort food on a wet miserable first morning.

I daren't tally up all the fried food I ate over the five days, but I've a hunch I was only a peanut butter sandwich away from channelling Elvis. After days of no sleep, showers and festival a deep fat fried morsel becomes a girl's best friend. Until you get back to civilisation anyway.

Mud spattered, bogged down by a backpack and bouncing off the poor pedestrians of Uxbridge Road, I couldn't wait to buy a bag full of veg - any veg would do! I blitzed them all into biggest veggie soup imaginable, and am still living off the spoils, during what feels like the hottest week in history. Yep, Glastonbury changed me, but not in the way I imagined. This wannabe hippy is now prepared to give peas a chance.

Does it rock or flop? Tell us what floats your boat when it comes to festival food.

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Emily

3 July 2009, 10:35AM
Emily

Lovebox last summer had a Borough market area - lush food inc the legendary chorizo sandwiches, but pretty expensive. My favourite pick was deep fried churros with warm chocolate sauce - so wrong, but so right.

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Becks

3 July 2009, 1:35PM
Becks

I don't think I've ever loved anything so much as the hot chocolate from the Cadbury tent on day 2 of V-festival. Soaked to the skin, wearing a bin bag and shivering like Leo in Titanic, even the normally repellent film of grease on the top was comforting!

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Jim

3 July 2009, 2:42PM
Jim

A variety of experiences from the Isle of Wight festival: a hog roast sandwich, without the bread and in a Chicken Cottage box (far more hog for your buck than the fools diving in for a regular sandwich); carrot cake and espresso from that stall that was doing amazing carrot cake and espresso (I'd have been there for granola and yoghurt for breakfast if they opened before 11am too); and a veggie burger is always a top bet when you're hungry and the queue for pies is too long.

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sioden

15 July 2009, 6:58PM
sioden

It might not be the most slumming it of festivals, and you defniatley expect good food in a food festival....but in the Great British Cheese Festival Last year, I was luck enough to try one of Pieminister's pies for the first time. the best pies ever. www.pieminister.co.uk even the website makes me salivate

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onny63

19 October 2009, 4:19PM
onny63

hello. i hope you can help me. I have got some chestnuts from our local woods and would like a recipe for chestnut stuffing. Also would it be suitable for freezing now before use at christmas. Thank you

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