Creamy Split Pea Soup With Salt Pork

Ingredients

• 1 quart split peas or Lima beans
• 3 quarts very soft water
• 3 onions, chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 large piece butter
• Flour
• Slices of nice salt pork
• 1 large teaspoon celery seed, pounded
• Toasted bread, cut into dice
• Butter for frying bread

Method

1. 1 Place split peas (or Lima beans), chopped onions, salt, and pepper in a pot with 3 quarts of soft water. Boil for two hours.
2. 2 Mash the peas well and pass them through a sieve back into the pot.
3. 3 Thicken the liquid with a large piece of butter and flour. Add slices of salt pork and pounded celery seed. Boil until the pork is done.
4. 4 Fry diced toasted bread in butter. Place the fried bread in the tureen, then pour the hot soup over it to serve.