Recipes

[PinkyPetunia]

@candys mine

I usually don't have a ham bone at hand so I buy a ham steak and that works well.  It is real ham not a pressed together product and has a small round bone in it.  Provides a good amount of meat for the soup.  Just shred it up when soup is cooked.

[ECBG]

@jackthebear 

Thank you SO much for bringing up this soup.  From the time my younger sister was a small child she absolutely craved it.  I lost her to cancer several years back.  She was a wonderful nurse who went into private care and was always on the side of the patient, bar none.  She even took her own food to them.

[Sooner]

People measure this?????

Who knew!  

[buyornot]

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@evelyner wrote:

I make it vegetarian. One thing I know whatever yet recipe, after going in the refrigerator it gets very thick and I have to add liquids. 

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So just veggie stock and then everything else? This is what I was looking for-is there a recipe you use or just your common sense?

[proudlyfromNJ]

I use the recipe on the split pea bag.

[novamc1]

@buyornot

 Split pea soup is one of my favorites--no exact recipe, just what I like to put in it.

My must-haves for a great split pea soup are chopped onions, chopped carrots, chopped celery, chicken broth or stock ,  and either a ham bone or ham hocks--all cooked long and slow.

If some of the soup is to be stored in fridge/freezer, it's good to not have too much liquid volume.  It can always be thinned with water or broth when prepared for eating.

[novamc1]

Ham bones are sold out of a freezer case at our local HoneyBaked Ham stores.  Very convenient, and you can usually find one either large or smaller to suit your needs.

I've found a fair amount of meat on those bones, too.