Split Pea Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried split peas
• 2 quarts water
• 1 pint milk or 1 pint meat broth
• 1 onion
• 3 tablespoons fat (butter or bacon fat)
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• Pepper
• 2-inch cube fat salt pork

Method

1. 1

   Pick over peas and soak several hours, drain, add cold water, pork, and onion.

2. 2

   Simmer 3 or 4 hours, or until soft.

3. 3

   Rub through a sieve or mash.

4. 4

   Thicken with a batter made from the flour and a little water.

5. 5

   Add butter or other fat and seasoning.

6. 6

   Dilute with milk or meat broth.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Camp cookery (Milam, for Boy Scouts) (1918) by Ava B. Milam, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

e 2 teaspoons salt Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender and easily mashed. Add the milk and thicken with butter and flour rubbed into paste. Cook well. SOUPS Bean Soup 1 cup beans 2 quarts water }/2 cup tomatoes (may be omitted) 1 slice onion Salt and pepper Boil the beans and water until the beans lose their shape and can be easily mashed up. Add the tomatoes, onions, salt and pepper, boil 5 minutes and serve. Lentils are good combined with beans in this kind of soup, or split peas may be used. Peanut Soup 2 teaspoons flour 2 teaspoons peanut butter 1 pint milk Small amount water Heat milk and stir into it the peanut butter, which has been thinned with a small amount 67 of water to prevent its forming into lumps. Combine the flour with enough water to form a smooth paste, stir this into the hot milk and allow to cook for several minutes in double boiler. Season to taste. Split Pea Soup 1 cup dried split peas 2 quarts water 1 pint milk or 1 pint meat broth 3^2 on on 3 tablespoons fat (butter or bacon fat) 2 tablespoons flour 13^ teaspoons salt Pepper 2 -inch cube fat salt pork

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