Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Split Pea Soup




I am now going to share with you my mother's recipe for split pea soup. She got it from my grandmother. You and I are not going to tell anyone that Grandma got it from the back of a bag of green split peas, then tweaked it, are we? Now you know where I got my recipe stealing, er, borrowing, skills from. That is what has been passed down to me from generation to generation.

Green Split Pea Soup with Ham
1 lb. of green split peas (use yellow if you have been watching movies you shouldn't have been. If you still can't deal, look on the back of a package of lentils, and tweak that)
8 cups of water
1 meaty ham bone
1 cup of chopped ham
1 large onion, chopped
3 stalks of celery, chopped
3 carrots, scraped and chopped
a pinch of salt
2 garlic cloves, minced
Wash, sort, and drain split peas. Combine all ingredients in a large pot with lid. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for about 1 hour or until cooked through, stirring occasionally. Before serving, remove ham from the bone. Cut ham off bone, and dice. Add to the soup and serve.

When you go to a restaurant, you get a cup this as the soup of the day sometimes with your meal. A full bowl of this is a meal in itself. Sometimes it is hard to think of soup as a meal. If that is a problem for you, think of it as ham and pea stew. Now you can serve it as a meal, no?

8 comments:

  1. I love pea soup!

    Were you reading my mind! This (Jan.) is soup month! Bring on the recipes!

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  3. My mum used to make this for us when we were kids, as well as lentil soup (similar ingredients, just puy lentils rather than split peas). Very yummy.

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  4. Okay, Helen. Time for a new recipe. How about super bowl party food for this Sunday?

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  5. Okay,then, how about a recipe for Valentine's Day? Pea soup could be served on St. Patty's Day, but I still think we need a new recipe here before then.

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  6. Okay, I'm linking this site and posting this recipe on mine tomorrow for St. Patty's Day.

    You better add a new recipe soon!

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