Stewed Dried Peas

Ingredients

• a pint of split peas
• a medium-sized onion
• 2 oz. of butter
• a tablespoonful of flour
• a tablespoonful of vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Soak the peas overnight in water with a tiny piece of soda.

2. 2

   Drain, wash in cold water, and cook in salted water.

3. 3

   Fry the minced onion in butter until golden, stir in flour, moisten with pea liquor and stock.

4. 4

   Add vinegar to the peas, cook for another 10 minutes, then serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from How to cook vegetables (1911) by Charles Herman Senn, page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Dried Peas. Soak a pint of split peas over night in water, with a tiny piece of soda. Drain them the following morning, 138 HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES. wash in cold water, and cook them in salted water, using only just enough water to keep them from burning. Mince finely a medium-sized onion, fry a golden colour in 2 oz. of butter, stir in a table- spoonful of flour, let it get brown, then moisten with a little liquor from the peas and a little stock. Add a tablespoonful of vinegar

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