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Split Pea Soup

Serves 4

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Lentil soup may be made as directed for split pea soup.

Ingredients

  • • None split peas
  • • None ful flour
  • • None quart cold water
  • • None ful salt
  • • None small onion
  • • None pepper
  • • None fuls butter
  • • None or 2 cups hot water or milk

Instructions

Step 1. Pick over and wash the peas.

Step 2. Soak 8 to 12 hours or over night in cold water.

Step 3. Drain off the water, and cook peas and onion in 1 quart of water until soft.

Step 4. Press through a strainer, and add butter and flour cooked together.

Step 5. Add seasoning, and thin with hot water or milk, and reheat.

Step 6. Peas will not soften in salted water, so salt should not be added until they are cooked.

Step 7. A small piece of fat salt pork or a ham-bone may be cooked with the peas, and if so, the butter may be omitted.

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