Subj : 2024's Best Soups - 34 To : All From : Dave Drum Date : Wed Jul 24 2024 15:21:00 MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Old-Fashioned Split Pea Soup Categories: Vegetables, Pork, Herbs Yield: 10 servings 16 oz Bag dried green split peas 1 Meaty ham bone 1 lg Onion; chopped 1 ts Salt 1/2 ts Pepper 1/2 ts Dried thyme 1 Bay leaf 1 c Chopped carrot 1 c Chopped celery Sort peas and rinse with cold water. Place peas in a Dutch oven; add water to cover by 2" Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1-4 hours or until peas are softened. Drain and rinse peas, discarding liquid. Return peas to Dutch oven. Add 2 1/2 qts. water, ham bone, onion, salt, pepper, thyme and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham bone; when cool enough to handle, remove meat from bone. Discard bone; dice meat and return to soup. Add carrot and celery. Simmer, uncovered, for 45-60 minutes or until soup reaches desired thickness and vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf. Laurie Todd, Columbus, Mississippi Makes: 10 servings (about 2 1/2 quarts) RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... Homeopathy: the less evidence there is, the better it works. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .