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Split Pea Soup

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Hello again, my friends. I can't believe it's already May, the end of May at that!  April flew by! School will be out soon. The weather is getting quite warm. We had a few cooler, rainy days, but I think we are officially at the end of "soup weather." We'd had a ham so I had this huge ham bone with tons of meat still stuck to it. There are so many things you can do with the ham, like scalloped potatoes and ham, or ham salad. The ham bone is perfect for flavoring beans or peas. Split pea soup is the best when you have a whole ham bone. I've tried using little ham steaks cut up, but the flavor isn't there. You need the bone. It's the same as stock from beef or chicken. You need the bone and marrow for body and depth of flavor. Split pea soup is really easy, not many ingredients and not much work. It's great with some bread and a salad. Ingredients 1 bag dried split green peas (approx. 16 oz) 8 cups water (2 quarts) 1 white or yellow