Split Pea Soup—Purée

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried split peas
• 2 quarts cold water
• 1 pint milk
• ½ onion
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon Pure Gold 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; rub through a sieve.

3. 3

   Add butter and flour cooked together, salt, and pepper.

4. 4

   Dilute with milk, adding more if necessary.

5. 5

   The water in which a ham has been cooked may be used; in such case omit salt.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Blue Ribbon and Pure Gold cook book (1905) by Blue Ribbon Manufacturing Company, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

3 tablespoons flour, 13 teaspoons salt, dash of Pure Gold pepper and cayenne, | teaspoon chopped parsley. Scald the milk with the onions; remove the onion; add the milk slowly to the potatoes. Melt the butter, add to it the dry ingredients; stir the mixture until it is well blended. Add the liquid mixture to this, stirring it constantly, and boil the soup for 1 minute. Strain it if necessary, add the parsley, 24 Blue Ribbon Cook Book and serve it hot. Water saved from cooking celery or carrots is a good addition to potato soup. Cream of Tomato Soup—2 cups tomatoes, 1 teaspoon sugar, ; teaspoon baking soda, 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons flour, 3 cups milk, seasoning. Cook tomato and sugar for a few minutes. Rub through sieve, and add soda to neutralize acid in tomatoes. Add slowly to white sauce made of milk, flour and butter. Have tomatoes and white sauce at same temperature or soup may curdle. Serve immediately. Vegetable Purée—4 cups diced, fresh vegetables, 1 small onion, sliced, 1 tablespoon salt, { teaspoon Pure Gold pepper, 2 tablespoons fat, 9 cups water. Put everything except the fat into the kettle. Simmer until tender. Press through sieve, add fat, reheat and serve. Soup stock may be used instead of all or part of the water. Split Pea Soup—Purée—1 cup dried split peas, 2 quarts cold water, 1 pint milk, } onion, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 table- spoons flour, 13 teaspoons salt, § teaspoon Pure Gold pepper, 2 inch cube fat salt pork. Pick over peas and soak several hours, drain, add cold water, pork, and onion. Simmer 3 or 4 hours, or until soft; rub through a sieve. Add butter and flour cooked together, salt, and pepper. Dilute with milk, adding more if necessary. The water in which a ham has been cooked may be used; in such case omit salt. Note—Always use Pure Gold white pepper instead of black for cream soups and sauces. Oyster Bisque—1 quart oysters, 1 quart milk, 3 tablespoons butter, } cup cracker crumbs, 1 teaspoon salt, § teaspoon Pure Gold pepper.

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