Jan 03 2009
Thick as Pea Soup
I made a ham for Christmas, and since it was just Mister and myself, we had a lot of leftovers. Today, with some of those leftovers, I made pea soup. I have to admit - I’ve never in my life eaten pea soup. I had no idea if I would even like the stuff. And since I’ve never had it before, I’ve also never made it before, nor seen it made. So here I was, with grandiose ideas on making something that I didn’t know how to make and didn’t even know whether or not I’d like it. Quite a commitment, eh?
I saved the ham bone specifically for this, and it had a lot of meat left on it. A LOT. Then I went online for recipes. I wanted to do this in the slow cooker, because crock pots are a lazy cook’s best friend, so search the interwebs I did. I finally came across this recipe, which was simple in its ingredients, prep, and technique. I got up this afternoon morning, and got to work. I rinsed the peas and sorted them, not knowing what exactly I was looking for during the sort, so I just took out some yucky looking ones. Then I chopped the rest of the ingredients, plopped the ham bone in, poured in some water, and turned the pot on. A few hours later I went to look at it, and it smelled divine. Heavenly, I tell you. Finally, around 7pm, I could take no more of the smell. I was hungry, and I’m sure Mister was too.
I went over to the crock pot, took the lid off, and with some tongs lifted out the bay leaves. Then on to the ham bone. I lifted it out and had a fork ready to take the rest of the meat off, but the fork wasn’t really necessary. The meat fell off the bone and plopped into the soup. I stirred it up, thinking I’d need to add more water like the recipe said, or use the immersion blender, but that was not necessary. The thickness was perfect, and because they’d cooked so long, the peas took care of themselves. The carrots and chunky ham looked so good that I just left it alone. Besides, pea soup is a hearty soup, and in my opinion hearty soups should be chunky.
I served dinner with some fresh artisan bread, and took a bite. Hey, Mikey likes it! This is really good stuff. You should have some. But make it yourself, because between Mister and me, there won’t be much in the way of leftovers. Enjoy!
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That looks so yummy!!!
Pea soup is one of our favorites! If you want some and don’t want to cook, reach for a can of Anderson’s Pea Soup. It’s the best thing to home made, we even went to the restaurant where it was first developed. Your soup looks heavenly in the photo, I’ll have to try that recipe sometime myself. Welcome to the pea soup lovers club, ha-ha.
MMMMM!!!!!! Sounds great. I love pea soup but can’t make it to save my life. Though I admit I have never tried the crockpot.
Happy New Year BTW to you and the Mister.
Quarkie, it was delish!
Robin, not sure I would want canned of any brand. This stuff set the bar too high for my first pea soup meal.
Kelly, the crock pot recipe was super easy - you should really give it a try sometime!
It looks DELICIOUS! Every time we have a ham, I make pea soup in my crock pot. It’s a favorite around here :)
Julie, I think I’ll be doing that from now on. It was one of Mister’s favorite things that I’ve ever made.
And it smelled soooooo good! I have a great slow cooker cook book I can send you, too. Maybe with squares so you can have desert!
Don’t you love it when I call you to tease you about smelling yummy foods? The slow cooker cookbook will be nice, as will the squares (since I did send the pan back for free refills!) Oh, and I live in the desert but I love to eat dessert. :-)
Hmmm…sounds kinda yummy. I don’t think I have ever had the stuff either but I am having a feeling I need to try it.
Hey…did you brave the insanity on the strip???? I”ve been here 9 years and have been to NYE on the strip…ONCE. NO THANK YOU. To many stupid people. The one and only time I went…some moron decided to climb a light pole and suprisingly got electrocuted. Yeah…good old Channel 8 showed the ENTIRE thing. Freaks.
Pookie, soup is super easy and makes for some delicious and nutritious comfort food.
Did not got to the Strip. It’s so much more fun sitting in the comfort of my own home watching the morons on TV wave their drinks in the air and yell “Wooooo!” every time the camera pans by. I can point and laugh without some bitch getting mad at me.
When did that electrocution happen? I’ve been here 5 1/2 years now and don’t remember that… I remember when a tourist stepped on a power box, but not the NYE light pole incident. Only in Vegas!
It look very tasty :) I love pea soup… i hope it was great ;)
Hi Kirstin,
I just found this post. You have a nice site. I’m glad you liked the soup, and found it as easy to make as I did. It looks as good as mine does ;)
Hi Debi, thanks for visiting! I did love the soup, as did my husband, and it was SUPER easy to make. It’s going to be a regular in our home!