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SPLIT  PEA  SOUP
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SPLIT PEA SOUP

8 ingredients 6 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

768
Calories
25g
Protein
21g
Fat
118g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried split peas
  • 3 pints cold water
  • 2 tablespoonfuls butter
  • 1 tablespoonful flour
  • 1 teaspoonful salt
  • one cup of milk
  • one night will be sufficient
  • 41 water

Directions

1

1 cup dried split peas. 3 pints cold water.

2

2 tablespoonfuls butter.

3

1 tablespoonful flour. 1 teaspoonful salt. Pepper.

4

Wash the peas well and soak in cold water a day and night (in high altitude, in lower altitude one night will be sufficient.) Put on to boil in fresh

5

CREAM SOUPS. 41

6

water, let cook until soft, supplying water as it cooks out When soft mash through a strainer. Melt the butter, stir into it the flour and seasonings and gradu- ally one cup of milk or enough when added to peas to make a thick, creamy consistency. Cook the strained peas and creamed milk together for ten minutes. Serve with fried dice of bread. This soup cannot be satisfactory made in a high altitude, as the long cooking necessary for the peas spoils the flavor.

By Norton, Caroline Trask · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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