Split pea soup ?

[redneck1]

I was sitting here trying to figure out what I wanted for lunch
And realized I haven't had split pea soup for a long long time .

Anyone have a favourite recipe ?

[mattw]

I am the only person in the house that will eat it and I love it. Just open a can from time to time, would love a good homemade one.

[cwlongshot]

Same here!! My wife HATES IT. Her mother was NOT A GOOD COOK..;)

CW

[Walks]

I love it.
We have a bone-in ham at Xmas & Easter. THE BONE IS MINE !!!!!
Boil it, clean off the meat. Add peas, a bit of carrot, spices and cook down to smooth.
Freezes well.

Gotta go out to the garage and check freezer. Might still be some out there, lunch time is coming up.

[shaner]

Love it also .like a good salty piece of ham ,onions mmmm baby

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[MrWolf]

Love it too. Grew up with no salt added in food so salty hams, etc ruin it when someone adds even more salt. Hate onions too. Trying to remember a canned one that was actually pretty good. Had a slight smokey taste.

[kens]

I do that with all the different variations of lentils, green lentils, brown, yellow, and split peas. Cooking time on split peas & lentils is same so all the different colors looks attractive,
Add onion, meat of choice, (ham, keilbasa sausage), and a some basil.
Basil is good with any types of bean soup,
Onion, use half your onion at the beginning, other half when almost done
salt & pepper to suit

[farmerjim]

You can't eat split pea soup in the summer. It is for winter.
Every time we get a ham, we eat half of it, the rest goes into the split pea soup.

[mattw]

My ham bones and ends all get used for ham and beans, I can eat myself sick on those. Oh, only salt cured hams are allowed in our house.

[Gunor]

8 Cups of Water or 1/2 of that chicken broth
Carrots
Celery
WHOLE onion
Garlic
Bay leaves
Spilt peas - 16oz
1+ pound of ham - I do cube it and soak a little to get rid of excess salt (if already too salty). And I usually buy a ham steak...don’t usually buy hams.

Sauté onion and then add the Carrots. Then the rest for about an hour plus.

Costco Sourdough Wheat - sliced - oven baked with Parmesan and buttered - with a slight sprinkle of garlic salt.

My 2 cents.

Waiting for a French Onion Soup

Geoff in Oregon

BTW - late fall/winter food...

[BamaNapper]

In my opinion the secret to a GREAT pea soup is the ham. Every year the wife and I order a bone-in smoked ham from Nueskes in northern WI, usually around the holidays. It's definitely the best ham I've found, but a little pricey to make a habit of. Anyway, the pea soup from the bone is something I look forward to every year. I don't need to look in the freezer, I finished it off a long time ago. I've tried curing and smoking a fresh ham but haven't gotten to Nueske's flavor yet.

[gwpercle]

Cajun Split Pea Soup ( My Mom's)

1- 1 pound pkg. Camellia Brand Green Split Peas (No Substitution allowed)
1/4 lb. Smoked Seasoning Ham or Pickled Pork
1 link of Andouille Sausage is optional , sliced and quartered .
6 to 8 cups water or chicken stock
1 large onion chopped
1 green bell pepper , chopped
2 stalks celery , tops and bottom , chopped
4 carrots , chopped fine
2 cloves fresh garlic , minced
1 large Bay Leaf
Salt and Tony's seasoning to taste .

1.) Rinse and sort the peas.

2.) Cover peas with water , add meat , vegetables and seasonings . Simmer 2 to 2 1/2 hours .
Stir and add water as needed to desired consistency .

3.) Remove bay leaf . Pass through sieve or blender for smoother consistency ... Optional - Note , We usually ate it lumpy.
Adjust seasonings to taste .

You wanted a proper recipe ... here it is ...

Mary B.,
Please put this into our cookbook for me .
Gary

[redneck1]

I'm going to try the Cajun ... It has my tummy rumbling .
I prefer it lumpy myself .
I'll do my best to find the proper pea's :)

[daengmei]

Split pea soup was always a winner while being out in the cold as a soldier.

[fcvan]

One of my daughters swore off split pea soup. My wife cooked up a batch she doctored up with food coloring, well beet juice. My daughter had 3 helpings before we broke the news, and we all had a good laugh. I like pea soup b also cook them in other dishes like vegetable soup/stew which usually includes a hodge podge of various veggies. Sometimes I might add chicken, ham, turkey or whatever I have after stripping the carcass, sometimes some egg noodles. Season to taste and enjoy.

I can still remember mom always having a pot simmering on a wood stove on the farm. The folks had a wood fire going for heat for years and that old range/stove was a find at an auction. I can remember a cast iron kettle for water and cast iron stew pot on that old stove for years.

The old farm house had a huge kitchen and we had a picnic table and bench seat in the kitchen for many years. Dad found an old table at an auction and he refinished it nicely. The folks are early 80s now, and moved to town a few years ago. They still own the 10 acre farm and it's leased to a nice family. Mom now makes her vegetable soup/stew and puts the pot in the fridge. It takes no time at all to ladle a bowl and zap it in the microwave, but I still miss the pot simmering on the stove years ago.

Come to think of it, mom hasn't made just split pea soup for 50 some years. My brother crashed on his bike when he was 7, and spent some time in the hospital. My brother ate so much pea soup while his jaw was wired shut that he lost a taste for pea soup, hence making vegetable soup/stew ever since.

[luckyday]

My wife and I love split pea soup. I think every bag of split peas has a recipe for soup on it. I like a recipe that calls for thyme and then we add a meaty, leftover ham bone. Sometimes we make it without the ham. Found some ham hocks marked down at the grocery store and they gave the soup great smoky flavor, just not as meaty. We always used green peas but another store was clearing out yellow peas and they were good, not as sweet as the green.

[cwlongshot]

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Im gonna have some this weekend!!

CW

[Elroy]

I think split pea soup is one of the few foods that are better from the can.I love the Campbell's condensed in the small cans far more than the Progresso non condensed. We have bought the dry split peas in the bags,and while good they just never turn out great..I actually prefer lentils over dry split peas.

[3leggedturtle]

A bag of split peas, 4 smoked hamhocks, onion if desired. Add 1-2 carrots. Put in crockpot on low for 8-10 hours and add water as needed. Todd

[Walks]

Don't know how You would make Split Pea Soup WITHOUT a Hambone or ham hocks.
Where would the flavor come from.

I have none left in freezer. It'll be at least mid October before I can gets my hands on another bone-in half ham.

[fatnhappy]

I am the only person in the house that will eat it and I love it. Just open a can from time to time, would love a good homemade one.


I’m in exactly the same boat. I love split pea soup.

[farmbif]

boil a couple chicken parts with an onion, bunch of carrots and celery and a cup of dried split peas, little bit of salt and pepper. Simmer for a few hours till everything is mush, pull out chicken bones and skin, if it is still watery, keep simmering without lid till its reduced till the thickness you want.

[brassrat]

I can't eat peas unless in chicken pot pie and not crazy about that but love pea soup. I put in a splash of liquid smoke.

[2A-Jay]

I love Split Pea with Ham Soup. My wife won't touch it. On the other hand I get more of it. She loves it when I make Navy Bean with Ham Hocks soup she loves it though.

[skrapyard628]

Just did a split pea soup in the crockpot yesterday and enjoyed a nice hot bowl by the fire when it was ready around 9pm.
1lb package of split peas
7 cups vegetable broth
~1lb cubed ham (frozen leftovers from the Easter ham)
1 large white onion diced
Diced carrots and celery (not sure exact amount, but basically cut up enough until each pile of onion, carrots, and celery were about the same size--LOL)
1/2tsp ground thyme
1tsp Salt
1tbsp black pepper
1 scotch bonnet pepper (I like some heat)


It was a very welcome meal after a long day of pepper gassing myself while making and canning/jarring hot sauces and pepper jellies.

[hc18flyer]

I like to use smoked Turkey wings rather than ham. My ham doesn't seem to get tender. It getting into soup season.

[gwpercle]

I like to use smoked Turkey wings rather than ham. My ham doesn't seem to get tender. It getting into soup season.
Smoked Turkey Wings is good with most any recipe that calls for ham .
Gary

[hc18flyer]

I like to use smoked Turkey wings rather than ham. My ham doesn't seem to get tender. It getting into soup season.

Finally made a batch yesterday, -EXCELLANT! I even took the time to write down my additional ingredients. SECRET- 1/4 tsp of Old Bay seasoning. Looking forward to lunch! Hc18flyer