Split Pea Soup

Ingredients

• a cup of peas
• a quart of cold water
• a slice or two of onion
• a tablespoon of butter
• a piece of fat salt pork

Method

1. 1

   Soak a cup of peas for an hour or so, then drain, add a quart of cold water, and a slice or two of onion, and simmer until the peas are soft (at least two hours).

2. 2

   Rub through a strainer, and reheat, thinning with milk until the consistency of soup.

3. 3

   Thicken with flour as in potato soup.

4. 4

   A tablespoon of butter will improve the flavor, or a piece of fat salt pork may be simmered with the peas.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Food study (1917) by Mabel Thacher Wellman, page 95. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPLIT PEA SOUP SPANISH CREAM PREPARE AND SERVE A DINNER. Suggested menu : Soup — Split pea soup. Meat — Pork chops. Vegetables — Creamed string beans (canned), or Creamed turnips. Mashed potatoes. Dessert — Spanish cream. STYLES OF SERVING 195 SPLIT PEA SOUP. Soak a cup of peas for an hour or so, then drain, add a quart of cold water, and a slice or two of onion, and simmer until the peas are soft. This will take at least two hours. Rub through a strainer, and reheat, thinning with milk until the consistency of soup. Thicken with flour as in potato soup. A tablespoon of butter will improve the flavor, or a piece of fat salt pork

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