This is a little more 50's-housewife than I normally do, but it was in Louisa's recipe file, so there. This soup is incredibly easy and also incredibly cheap. I spent $15 in all-organic ingredients and ended up with at least 4 quarts of soup.
Pea Soup
1 lb split peas
3 qt water
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 stalks of celery, grated
3 carrots, grated
1 ham bone or 2 smoked pork hocks or 1 small daisy ham (2 lbs or less)
Rinse peas. Place in pot with rest of ingredients. Bring to a boil and let simmer uncovered for 2 1/2 hours, adding water as necessary to cover other ingredients. Pull out the big hunk o' pork, remove meat, cut into medium pieces, and replace meat (if you have a bone, don't put it back in). Simmer for about another 1/2 hour. Salt and pepper to taste.
Family secret: add a teaspoon of white vinegar to the bowl when serving.
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