Bit crazy this one but I've been craving mushy peas for a few weeks now. On the radio the other day there was a story about a woman who had been craving lettuce and was eating quite a bit of it. Her husband I think was a doctor and had seen this before so sent her for some tests. Turned out she had some form of cancer and the lettuce was the bodies way of fighting it.
This has had me thinking why the hell I've been craving what I have but can't find much of specific cravings. Nearest was these
http://www.naturopathyworks.com/pages/cravings.php
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=55
It would seem that peas a pretty good nutrition wise. A lot more than I had given them credit for.