Split-Pea Soup

Ingredients

• one quart of split peas
• half a pound of salt pork
• a cracked beef bone or two
• four quarts of cold water
• a chopped onion
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. 1

   Soak in warm water over night one quart of split peas.

2. 2

   Put the soaked peas with half a pound of salt pork cut in thin slices and a cracked beef bone or two, into four quarts of cold water, add a chopped onion, salt and pepper to taste.

3. 3

   Strain through a colander, rubbing the peas to a tolerably thick puree.

4. 4

   Simmer ten minutes and pour into the tureen.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPLIT-PEA SOUP. Soak in warm water over night one quart of split peas. Put the soaked peas with half a pound of salt pork cut in thin slices and a cracked beef bone or two, into four quarts of cold water, add a chopped onion, salt and pepper

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