Split Peas
Ingredients
Directions
Pick over and wash the split peas thoroughly.
Place them in a pot with cold water.
Add hot water as needed to keep them covered.
Cook for about 2 hours until desired consistency is reached.
For a different dish, let them cool, then slice and brown in a pan.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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