Pea Soup II

Ok, I love making soup. This pea soup was very little work, but looks like vile. It feels like vile. Watery mashed potatoes. Going back to hand blender and frozen peas kind of soup.

Rosemary bread from Giant is delicious! I am very surprised by its softness and fragrant aroma. Sprinkle with olive oil and bake at 350 for 5-10 minutes or toast twice.

INGREDIENTS
* 1 cup chopped onion
* 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
* 1 pound dried split peas
* 1 pound ham bone
* salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS
1. In a medium pot, saute onions in oil or bacon grease. Remove from heat and add split peas, ham bone or chopped ham. Add enough water to cover ingredients, and season with salt and pepper.

2. Cover, and cook until there are no peas left, just a green liquid, 2 hours. While it is cooking, check to see if water has evaporated. You may need to add more water as the soup continues to cook.

3. Once the soup is a green liquid remove from heat, and let stand so it will thicken. Once thickened you may need to heat through to serve.

Picture says it all. Yes, there is a bite taken out of the bread in this picture. I never found the culprit.

Recipe at:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/split-pea-and-ham-soup-i/detail.aspx