From: Phil Payne 

> The novel "In Harm's Way" (later a movie) has the CO of a cruiser (?)
> going belowdecks to hob-nob with the crew.  They are eating
"geedunks",
> basically ice-cream sundaes.  "What do you call these?"
asked the skipper,
> taking a bite of the sickly-sweet concoction (that's essentially how it is
> described).  Condescension is oozing out of every pore.  I hate that
> passage.

It was said of Peter Mandelson that he went into a fish and chip shop and
asked for some of the "Guacamole".

Mushy peas - a northern delicacy.

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