Split Pea Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried split peas
• 4-inch cube salt fat pork
• 3 quarts cold water
• 1 ham bone
• 1 onion
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons flour

Method

1. 1

   Pick over peas and soak overnight; drain; add cold water, pork, ham bone and onion.

2. 2

   Simmer 3 or 4 hours, or until peas are soft.

3. 3

   Rub through a sieve.

4. 4

   Add the flour mixed with cold water to the soup.

5. 5

   Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

6. 6

   Add seasonings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Metropolitan cook book (1918) by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPLIT PEA SOUP 1 cup dried split peas 4-inch cube salt fat pork | teaspoon pepper 3 quarts cold water 1 ham bone U teaspoons salt 1 onion 2 tablespoons flour

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