I made split pea soup for the first time!

MonkeyFunk

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Thu Nov-15-07 04:58 PM
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I made split pea soup for the first time!

it's pretty good!

I didn't have a hambone to put in, but I added a bunch of salt pork (damn, that stuff is hard to cut!).

I just had a bowl - pretty tasty! now I've got a big container in the fridge and four in the freezer!

Now that I've done it, tell me how YOU make split pea soup!

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LSK

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Thu Nov-15-07 05:03 PM
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1. I have 2 methods

I open the can and heat it up.

I go over to my parents house when my father makes it.

:hi:

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China_cat

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Thu Nov-15-07 05:43 PM
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2. A hambone is best but a hock is even better than

salt pork, less fatty and better taste. Falls apart like ham will and you don't need to do any cutting. (Cheaper, too)

Also, add a leek, chopped. Good stuff.

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MonkeyFunk

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:14 PM
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3. Yeah

next time I'll try it with a hock or a hambone. The leek idea is good!

Do you bother to puree it all? It pretty much smooshes up all by itself, but still has a little texture.

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China_cat

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:50 PM
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7. No, it'll fall apart by itself.

And what you'll have tomorrow will be the consistency of heavy clay. :) But it'll taste even better than it did today.

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MissMillie

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:26 PM
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4. hambone usually,

but when I don't have one I use smoked ham hocks. I use split yellow peas instead of green (I think that's a very canadian thing to do...)

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MonkeyFunk

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:50 PM
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8. I had half a bag of yellow peas sitting around

so I threw them in, too!

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Cabcere

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:46 PM
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5. I used to LOVE split pea soup

:9 My mom used to make it quite a lot, although I don't remember how she did it.

(And then I saw The Exorcist when I was twelve, and I'm pretty sure I haven't eaten split pea soup since.) :scared:

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redqueen

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Thu Nov-15-07 06:49 PM
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6. I don't know if I've even tasted split pea soup.

If I have I forgot...

Why's it called split pea soup? Do you split the peas first?

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MonkeyFunk

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Thu Nov-15-07 07:50 PM
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9. Yes

it's very labor intensive, unless you have an electric pea-splitter.

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redqueen

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Thu Nov-15-07 07:53 PM
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10. ...

:P

Well why do they call it that, then?

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MonkeyFunk

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Thu Nov-15-07 08:03 PM
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11. Because they originally come

from Split, Dalmatia in modern day Croatia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split

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greatauntoftriplets

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Thu Nov-15-07 08:06 PM
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12. Do you have a recipe???

My mother (before she stopped cooking years and years ago) made wonderful split pea soup. But the recipe was in her head and I was pretty young when she stopped making it.

I love split pea soup.

:9

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MonkeyFunk

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Thu Nov-15-07 08:16 PM
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13. No, sorry

I just sorta faked it.

Soaked one bag of green peas and half a bag of yellow peas overnight.

Drained 'em, added 14 cups of water or so, diced half an onion (it's all I had - coulda used more) and chopped some celery and threw it in. Cut up a chunk of salt pork and added that, too.

Added some salt, pepper, dried basil. Simmered the whole thing for about two hours.

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