[dennisw]

1. Buy some whole dried peas
2. They have fuller taste than split peas
3. soak 24 hours
4. no need to drain and replace the soak water
5. cook and simmer for one hour as a thick soup
6. cook it with some black pepper it really needs it. Fresh ground is best. 
7. also include a little carrot, onion and celery
8. add salt only at the end when the peas are soft
9. you can always put a little pork product in there like diced ham or cooked bacon but...... you don't need much because these whole peas have a fuller taste than split peas
10. This tastes better the next day
11. This will warm you up in cold weather

 

 

Remember the old English nursery rhyme about eating peas? These are the peas used. They were dried and stored like beans--

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,

Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;

Some like it hot, some like it cold,

Some like it in the pot, nine days old.^[2][

[libertarian27]

Recap of this thread’s recipes

Appetizers & Sandwiches _ Post#` 23 _ Bacon Wrapped Olives
Appetizers & Sandwiches _ Post#` 46 _ Easy Chili Cheese Tomatoes
Appetizers & Sandwiches _ Post#` 47 _ Zucchini Oven Chips

Beef _ Post#` 18 _ Slow Cooker Beef and Tomatoes
Beef _ Post#` 31 _ Shepherd’s Pie

Drink _ Post#` 21 _ Limoncello
Drink _ Post#` 29 _ Krupnikas (Boilo)

Pasta _ Post#` 13 _ Shrimp macaroni Salad
Pasta _ Post#` 49 _ Spaghetti Bake

Pies _ Post#` 8 _ Betty Jean’s Chocolate Pie

Pork _ Post#` 26 _ Pulled Pork Butt

Soups/Stews/Chilis _ Post#` 24 _ Chicken, Sausage, Oyster and Shrimp Gumbo

Vegetables _ Post#` 16 _ Boston Baked Beans
Vegetables _ Post#` 22 _ Tomato and Bell Pepper Salad
Vegetables _ Post#` 50 _ Crockpot Peas