Pea Soup
- 2 cups yellow split peas
- 1 lb salt beef or ham bone
- 6 cups water
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 cup celery, diced
- ½ cup turnip, diced
- 3 carrots, diced
- 1 cup potato, diced
Soak salt been or ham bone with split peas overnight. Drain off water. Add the 6 cups water and onion. Simmer gently for 2 ½ hours. Add vegetables. If soup become too thick, add extra water. Make doughboys.
Doughboys
- 1 ½ cups all purpose white flour’
- 3 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup butter or margarine
- ½ to ¾ cup water or milk
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt, Cur in butter until uniform small spices. Add water or milk to make a soft dough. Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup. Cover pot tightly and cook for 15 minutes.
