Split pea soup

Serene said:

Last night, I made a very simple split pea soup, and it came out
wonderfully. I adapted it from the Andersen's recipe to fit what I had
on hand.

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

I add diced celery and diced potatoes too... and it needs a ham bone.

But you didn't make nearly enough... that's just one serving. I always
make at least 2 pounds of peas worth, usually three... and pea spoup
freezes very well. I freeze more for later than you made. I wouldn't
consider dirtying a pot for one measly quart of soup. I don't own a one
quart pot... I can pee more than a quart! LOL

Sheldon

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Quoted message said:

Last night, I made a very simple split pea soup, and it came out
wonderfully. I adapted it from the Andersen's recipe to fit what I had
on hand.

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

Use a real stalk of celery.

You forgot the 1/2 tsp thyme

And leave the salt and let folks add it to suit their taste, imho.

Have you ever been to Andersen's in Buelton, California?? It's a trip.
Just a few miles out of Solvang. They just keep bringing you a
botttomless bowl of split pea soup but order a tri-tip steak sandwich and
then get back on Rte. 101 north or south!

You can order it with bacon or without. I make the recipe without the
bacon.

YMMY,

Andy

Andy q said:

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Quoted message said:

Last night, I made a very simple split pea soup, and it came out
wonderfully. I adapted it from the Andersen's recipe to fit what I had
on hand.

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

Use a real stalk of celery.

Didn't I say I was using what I had on hand? That didn't include
celery.

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You forgot the 1/2 tsp thyme

I hate thyme. Hate it.

Quoted message said:

And leave the salt and let folks add it to suit their taste, imho.

I know my taste, so I salted it to my taste.

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Have you ever been to Andersen's in Buelton, California?? It's a trip.

Yep. Kitsch city!

serene

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Quoted message said:

Last night, I made a very simple split pea soup, and it came out
wonderfully. I adapted it from the Andersen's recipe to fit what I had
on hand.

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

I usually cook split pea soup your way, too.
Another way I like it is at the end of the cooking, stir some misu into it
or in the individual bowl of the person who likes misu, but leave some of
the salt out when you are cooking as you know misu is quite salty.
(Misu looses a lot of its nutritive value if reheated or standing in the
heat too long.)
Dee Dee

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Andy q said:

Serene <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Last night, I made a very simple split pea soup, and it came out
wonderfully. I adapted it from the Andersen's recipe to fit what I had
on hand.

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

Use a real stalk of celery.

Didn't I say I was using what I had on hand? That didn't include
celery.

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You forgot the 1/2 tsp thyme

I hate thyme. Hate it.

I thought I was the only person who hated thyme -- fresh or dried. It's
just too strong for my tastes, and I love probably 99% of the herbs and
spices. I feel the same way about oregano; so I use mostly marjoram.

Today in my Portuguese cod recipe, it called for oregano -- I had only
organic dried which I reconstituted. I should've snuck in some dried
marjoram instead. Pretty bland, really. Instead of saving for a left/over,
I put it in the freezer with some rice to fill up the container for a meal
when we come home too late to cook and starving.

So I'll add that I 'almost' hate oregano. Even the smallest amount (fresh,
too).

Dee Dee

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Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

Needs some smokey flavour i.m.o. - I boil it with a ham bone, or I fry some
bacon in the pot before adding all the other stuff and cooking the soup, even
adding some finely sliced smoked franks will help it along nicely. Ymmv, and
all that jazz. Oh, and I go along with the suggestion of adding some diced
potato.

-P.

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On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:47:43 -0800, Serene <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Last night, I made a very simple split pea soup, and it came out
wonderfully. I adapted it from the Andersen's recipe to fit what I had
on hand.

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

Don't let the naysayers get you down. Some of the best recipes have
been born of nearly empty shelves and refrigerators, combined with
inspiration and creativity on the part of the cook.

Peace,
Carol

I love solit pea soup but - splitting all them peas - life is too short.

Ken.

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Last night, I made a very simple split pea soup, and it came out
wonderfully. I adapted it from the Andersen's recipe to fit what I had
on hand.

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

I usually cook split pea soup your way, too.
Another way I like it is at the end of the cooking, stir some misu into it
or in the individual bowl of the person who likes misu, but leave some of
the salt out when you are cooking as you know misu is quite salty.
(Misu looses a lot of its nutritive value if reheated or standing in the
heat too long.)
Dee Dee

Misu? Thanks for the idea. I made red lentil soup today, but won't eat
until tomorrow.

I have misu in the fridge and will add to the soup before serving.

Elaine

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 10:46:58 +1200, Peter Huebner <[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour or so, stirring occasionally and
adding water if necessary. Remove bay leaf and serve.

Serene

Needs some smokey flavour i.m.o.

Yet another thing that most people like, but I hate. :-) The worst
thing in the world to me is to add ham/bacon to soup -- completely
ruins it.

serene

Serene wrote:
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Yet another thing that most people like, but I hate. :-) The worst
thing in the world to me is to add ham/bacon to soup -- completely
ruins it.

serene

Yabbut - adding bacon (or salt pork as in Habitant) makes for a complete and
digestable protein. I forget how it works but pea soup on its own (sometimes
all that was available for food in the new world colonies in the winter) did
not provide proper nutrition.

Really.
Ken.

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Ken Davey said:

Serene wrote:
o.

Quoted message said:

Yet another thing that most people like, but I hate. :-) The worst
thing in the world to me is to add ham/bacon to soup -- completely
ruins it.

serene

Yabbut - adding bacon (or salt pork as in Habitant) makes for a complete and
digestable protein. I forget how it works but pea soup on its own (sometimes
all that was available for food in the new world colonies in the winter) did
not provide proper nutrition.

Nah, if your diet is sufficiently varied, you don't need to combine
proteins. Even Frances Moore Lappe, who used to write about food
combining, has said that it's not necessary.

Most authorities, including the World Health Organization, say if
you're getting enough calories and eating a variety of whole foods,
it's nearly impossible to be deficient in protein. Most Americans, in
fact, get too much protein.

serene

Serene said:

Ken Davey said:

Serene wrote:
o.

Quoted message said:

Yet another thing that most people like, but I hate. :-) The worst
thing in the world to me is to add ham/bacon to soup -- completely
ruins it.

serene

Yabbut - adding bacon (or salt pork as in Habitant) makes for a
complete and digestable protein. I forget how it works but pea soup
on its own (sometimes all that was available for food in the new
world colonies in the winter) did not provide proper nutrition.

Nah, if your diet is sufficiently varied, you don't need to combine
proteins. Even Frances Moore Lappe, who used to write about food
combining, has said that it's not necessary.

Most authorities, including the World Health Organization, say if
you're getting enough calories and eating a variety of whole foods,
it's nearly impossible to be deficient in protein. Most Americans, in
fact, get too much protein.

serene

You are correct but the operative words in my post were "all that was
available for food in the new world colonies in the winter". This need
originated the bean and bacon and habitant soups - still enjoyed today.

Ken.
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Yet another thing that most people like, but I hate. :-) The worst
thing in the world to me is to add ham/bacon to soup -- completely
ruins it.

serene

If you don't like it, you don't like it. In this household we're almost smoke
flavour junkies ... Suze had years as a vegetarian, but, she candidly admits,
every so often she'd get a smoke craving, make into the nearest butcher's and
stuff herself with smoked franks. <g>

-P.

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On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:22:09 +1200, Peter Huebner <[email hidden]>

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Yet another thing that most people like, but I hate. :-) The worst
thing in the world to me is to add ham/bacon to soup -- completely
ruins it.

serene

If you don't like it, you don't like it. In this household we're almost smoke
flavour junkies ... Suze had years as a vegetarian, but, she candidly admits,
every so often she'd get a smoke craving, make into the nearest butcher's and
stuff herself with smoked franks. <g>

*grin* I see people getting their new smokers and smoking everything
in sight -- a friend smoked a bunch of meat and veggies the first week
after he got his -- and I think "Sounds fun, but I'm eating somewhere
else tonight."

serene

Serene said:

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:22:09 +1200, Peter Huebner <[email hidden]>

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In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Yet another thing that most people like, but I hate. :-) The worst
thing in the world to me is to add ham/bacon to soup -- completely
ruins it.

serene

If you don't like it, you don't like it. In this household we're
almost smoke flavour junkies ... Suze had years as a vegetarian,
but, she candidly admits, every so often she'd get a smoke craving,
make into the nearest butcher's and stuff herself with smoked
franks. <g>

*grin* I see people getting their new smokers and smoking everything
in sight -- a friend smoked a bunch of meat and veggies the first week
after he got his -- and I think "Sounds fun, but I'm eating somewhere
else tonight."

serene

Smoked meat is one thing, but "smoked veggies" just sounds gross to me.

Jill

jmcquown said:

Smoked meat is one thing, but "smoked veggies" just sounds gross to me.

Some veggies do taste cood smoked; peppers, onions, winter squash,
eggplant, tomatoes, even corn. But carrots, potatoes, leafy greens,
cabbages, in fact most produce does not take well to smoke.

Sheldon

Serene said:

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Better'n a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but even a chicken
bullion cube or some crumbled crisped bacon would'a done wonders.

nb

notbob said:

Serene said:

Split Pea Soup

1 cup green split peas
4 cups water
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste

Better'n a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but even a chicken
bullion cube or some crumbled crisped bacon would'a done wonders.

*shrug* It was really yummy.

serene