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Melchar Administrator 
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Split Pea Soup 10 cups of water and a ham bone or hamhocks [most recently, I made this with the bone and remains of a-once-8-pound Honeybaked ham] cook for 3 hours on low - long enough for the meat to be falling off the bone remove from heat, retain ALL the broth, fish out the ham bone/ham and let it cool enough that you can work to separate out the meat from bone/skin/fat, then replace in broth add to this 8 ounces of split peas 2 tablespoons of [in this case, smoked salt] 2 tablespoons of minced onion [or 1 large, diced onion] 1 teaspoon ground pepper 3 large carrots, diced 3 stalks of celery, diced cook together on low for 3 hours After 3 hours, remove from heat and mash contents of pot with a berry masher [potato masher] until contents blended and smoothish Put back on heat for another hour [with various other preparations, this will take about 8 hours to prepare] |
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Vargr Vargr 
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Mmmmm! So close to the way this wuffy makes it! And this sounds REALLY good too! Wuff doesn't always use the celery, but do often put in a bit of minced garlic. Smoked ham hocks, yes! But often tossed right in with the split peas as they're heating. Wuff pulls those out and lets them cool, then pulls off the good smoked meat and adds it back in, after pureeing the peas/carrots/etc. with an immersion blender till its all smooth and creamy. Once it's all pureed and thick, Vrghr will sometimes add a diced up ham steak for extra meat. Another favorite is sliced up kielbasa sausage. Either way, it's a WONDERFUL taste treat! Oh, and for a nice flavor boost, sub some low-salt chicken broth for part or all of the water. It's so subtle, you don't notice the chicken flavor, but it makes the peas taste extra rich. |
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Melchar Administrator
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The idea of the low-sodium chicken broth may be one that I steal. But it is a heckuva lot of work ... for a really nice taste treat. ^_^ |
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boojum boojum 
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MMMmmmm.. It was REALLY Good! |
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Melchar Administrator
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MMMmmmm.. It was REALLY Good! BIG smile! |
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