SplitPeaSoup2021
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So given a ham, ate it, threw away the bones?
And Bought a Ham, tried making Split Pea Soup...
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Given some Split Peas at
PandemicWareHouse2020
TNG (The Next Generation/ Year)
and try making split pea soup...
It's been years, if really ever that
i've made it, likely can't say i haven't
but this On My Own...
Pressure Cooker not working,
too lazy/ uninspired to open the
small one, so tried a
cast iron French Oven
with the InductionStove
AldiCroftonInductionStoveTop2021
(might collect info there?
sometime? TBD
Ambiano Not Crofton)
The stovetop (use link, helps
to have it populated by then)
requires Iron, and it's cast iron
with an enamel coating, but around
the lid, which has rusted, or another
Cast Iron Dutch Oven, likely
which is just collecting oil around
the skillet on the gas stove, splatter,
basically... Couldn't seem to get that
clean to use, and had the other,
so using that. At 4.6 Quarts or so
the bone fits, and is Iron,
Cast Iron, so works with the
InDuctionStoveTop
go figure...
Bone still had a lot of stuff on it,
mostly fat and cartilage (sp?)
connective tissue, and started out
searing it, but the beans/ peas really
required the beans like soaking method
sped up by a quick soak, which is heat
for 10 minutes or so, like to a boil
and let sit for an hour...
Turns out there is a timer on the
InDuctionStoveTop so used that,
10 minutes is the default and kinda
braised/ seared the bone with fat,
to start, add beans / split peas
(lentils might do, but then not SplitPea
but lentil soup...) A Pound Bag of
Peas, said sort, so put out on a plate
and tried finding stones, etc,
some peas were miscolored,
i.e. not green like the others, but
seemed ok, all went into the pot,
and some water (i use a jug of
spring water, taken out of the fridge
for say overnight because using it
like a pitcher and drinking from it,
(more likely a cup, which i put on top
and have near the bed, for some
reason thinking like a hotel, plastic
cups on top of the ice bucket,
which you have to go out and fill
from the hallways, typically)
So used up that water,
day old, have to boil it,
sits out too long and gets
foul/ bad/ spoiled, quicker
if drinking from it.. The other
typical use is oatmeal
in the morning, or hot dog water,
but use up what i have and
start on the next gallon jug
which was in the fridge,
cold water, as a northerner,
tap is usually cold, and preferred,
but in colder weather might want
something warm, and hence soup,
using up a holiday ham.
I still have a ham bone in the freezer
from my mother who sent me home
with the remainder of a holiday
ham from back in the day, how many
years now? So freezer burn likely
and a dog would probably like the
bone, but difficult to chew, not a
rawhide bone, and oddly shaped
it turns out, this one had smaller
bone going to it, a hip joint,
it seems, so not sure what smaller
bone connects, and certain bones
are good for dogs relatively,
they like to chew, it is not a toy,
but more like big milk bone/
teething, and gum, jaw workout
like a gumball (actually gum,
just big)/ jawbreaker (just hard sugar,
also big)...
So seared for a while,
added split peas,
checked for stones, etc,
added water, needed more,
and boiled for a while,
and then turned off/ timer
ran out and have things to do
anyways so go out...
Oh and read the beans/peas
package, happened to by Goya
mentioned onion, so used up a
couple shallots, (seemed slimy
worried about ruining the soup,
by putting bad stuff in it,
stone soup, starts from next
to nothing and gets contributions
from everyone else, basically help
i'm hungry let's make soup, bring
something, hopefully it turns out well/good)
mentioned carrots,
but i didn't, had canned carrots,
and the GettingProduceBoxAlmostKilledMe2020
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CAFBAtArlMill2021
typically carrots turn black
and are wasted, which i don't want to do,
but don't have the teeth really to eat
big raw carrots,
MindingAndMiningYourTeeth2012
MobileMashDentistry2017
and all the extractions
without partials/ dentures,
and missing some,
felt stolen, as a ballooning
payment to get them done,
maybe this year, but abused/
mistreated, it felt, so how to
do that, without the abuse?
Anyways, no carrots added,
slimy onion/shallot,
a tan part and cut open
pulled out that, starting to sprout,
moldy like section on the tan
part, removed that, two small
onions/ shallots,
and weighing things, but
doesn't really matter, water
to peas/beans matters, don't
let it get too dry, and too watery
and it can cook off...
Went to buy another ham,
sale price, found for half price,
getting rid of holiday hams,
three varieties, $1.26/ lb
just plain,
honey ham spiral cut $1.46?-
$1.68?
(honey is in a glaze packet)
and Brown Sugar $1.86 or so
A couple more hours of hour on,
check, stir, colour had started,
and maybe took a couple
photos, difficult and the French Oven
lid is hot, so have to use a pot holder
to lift, other non Metal ones, have silicone
but can't really use with the dishwasher,
and a non Cast Iron Dutch oven
basically just holds, turns out brown
sugar and confectioners and stays on
the stove, it was on top of another
Dutch oven, the plain one,
so double-decker like bus
and a crowded kitchen,
collecting cans, etc, get through
the season(s), have enough
is quarantined, for a couple/ few weeks,
and some things i'd like to eat too,
buying things on sale, but not
just because on sale,
the HT (Harris Teeter)
$0.37/can beans/ vegetables,
i've skipped so many collected,
other ways, have canned corn
for the cornbread/ CookSomeThing2019
and trying to use things up to use
the regular gas stovetop
but the induction helps as
no direct flame, and easier
to clean, uses less Natural gas,
some fracking issues with someone(s)
drilling through my grandparents
home, uninvited, likely Fracking
taking over a town, no one there
to defend, corporate interests
and moved on, poisoning, possibly
what happened with my aunt
who died of cancer(s)...
Poison the well, so to speak,
the ground water, same as
goes into the ChesaPeake
(sp?), reports of house wells
coming up milky white,
and chemicals, deadly chemicals,
not just salt, etc...
on one farm when went to
Autreat2012
or so...
Anyways, left sitting,
heated more after return,
not leaving it cooking while out,
attended, but much less than gas,
an hour of playing game,
or watching TV and a few times
of that, and it's soup...
Besides the bone there was
a big part/ loop of fat/ skin
(Hams are fully cooked,
but the percentage of fat to
meat, much less bone to meat,
makes me wonder, basically
buying a lot of CrisCo/ fat/
butter like, but spoils,
so set aside/ reserved the
fat and used that with eggs,
potatoes, onions, for breakfast(s),
but haven't had the energy for that...
The ham is salty, cured in salt,
and a smokey flavor, not bad
if diluted but the plain beans/
split peas, like a pasta or rice
plaining/ splitting/ extending
not all chili but chili with beans,
not all chili but chili Mac (macaroni)
though less wheat (gluten free)
High fat, but seemed buttery
and smooth. We had a masher/
grinder type thing the beans/peas
went through like for making
applesauce, but this for the split peas,
i didn't need to do that, had cooked
it so long that is was just velvety
and how i remembered albeit plain,
as didn't have the garlic, bay leaf?
or other spices, bouillon (sp?)
broth like cubes, likely salty and MSG laden
(all Goya products, don't have so skipped)
mentioned on the split pea bag recipe...
YMMV good luck...
Saw a lady in the line, mentioned
on sale, and been wondering about
buying yet another ham,
if at half price, but carrying home
the 10+ pound plus other purchases
(other clearance elsewhere
more on that later, maybe)...
We had topped Split Pea soup
with a pat of butter (don't have
but would be good for a cookies mix)
Parsley (don't have but green
on top of green, and spicy,
edible garnish oddly a green
i don't mind)...
Canned Split Pea soup including
basic CampBell's i've eaten,
some may take milk to add to
instead of water, iirc,
and Progresso, and other companies
may make it, but not like home made,
if have the ingredients, the equipment
and the time, skill may be needed,
but i stumbled along,
no phone mom for help,
as she's passed...
(game show like Phone for answers,
my dumb cooking questions,
largely unanswered,
though mom was a good sport
about it, basically got down to
science of cooking
biochemistry, etc...)
Modified Text
What's Missing?
many of the standard soup recipe items
What Can Be Found?
hunger?
after walking 6 mils motivated
to finish and eat, getting ingredients,
cheap price was the incentive?
bragging rights on shopped,
like i'd hunted and killed the
beast my self?
What Can Not Be Found?
Vegan version?
Without the Ham fat and bone
try some time for comparison...
Try lentils similar process too.
what adds the fat, naturally
that makes it creamy?
What vegan fat substitute?
Olive oil?
How To Analyze?
Lenses
Noob
If you haven't had split pea
soup, maybe try a canned
version, then guess a home
cooked, well, version would/
might be better...
Besides just the DIY Pride...
Kid
With heat and cooking
maybe CrockPot/ slow cooker,
whatever means you have
of heating, within reason,
don't burn a place down, etc...
Sharp knives, some frozen
onion packages, and other
substitutes may make it both
easier and cheaper?
But donated in my case,
use up vegetables (Shallots/ onions)
carrots, some soups may use potatoes,
green beans, other (navy?) beans,
etc...
Dis/Dys
Lexic
Didn't read much of the recipe
nor instructions, dumb luck?
or remembering some recipes
from family / home and
cooking to taste/ consistency?
it tasted well enough,
some risks with knives
cutting onions/ shallots
while tired, and didn't muck
with trying to get more off
the bones, by picking
at a carcuss (sp?) like
a chicken or turkey...
Peeling carrots especially
small ones like small potatoes,
need to match the hand size
and some skills in doing so,
sharp items away from self
like whittling, and knife skills,
don't get too tired, hungry,
angry, bored, etc...
Vegan/Vegetarian
Likely modifications
from a bone based start,
Olive oil for fat(s), etc...
General Public
Canned is likely fine,
it may be how you garnish
it, basic CampBell's
and something warm for cold
days, hungry boiling stuff
til soup, happens,
Stone Soup and otherwise...
Assumptions
Cooking is a good skill to have,
handling meat takes practice,
some food safety,
knife skills, minimal at that,
as picked at the meats
pulling off some after carving,
so risks minimized...
Time Limits
Spoilage, a week?
Best before on the Ham,
after opening, and use up,
a few days of just ham this
and that OK for one 9lb
ham, novelty, but after a while
may tire of being constantly thirsty
from all the salted / cured ham...
Book Data
Likely an old family recipe
somewhere, collected in
various ways, but finding now,
where/ how?
ISBN
Bound
CopyRight
Pages
index
Links
AldiAmbianoInductionStoveTop2021
(to be populated)
Crofton is the Dutch/ French Ovens
cookware, etc
Ambiano is the electrical SlowCooker,
InductionStoveTop, small appliances, etc)
PostHolidayTreats2020
CookSomeThing2019
AldiAmbiano9In1ProgrammablePressureCooker2019
AldiAmbianoPressureCooker2019
TriedSomeAldiCantFinds2019
SomePublishedWorks
OrangeDriedBeefMirage
BachelorsRicePuddingVeganOption
OdetoaFarmersMarket
/GoFish
other ways of making soup/
cooking including with fish,
CaPecshe? (sp?)
(mash up of
Italian UnderStand?
with Pesche (Fish?))
Conclusion
Summary of experience or similar
Tried and some success,
wasn't dry lumpy, some burn
on the bottom, as needed water
and stir, but not very burnt tasting,
just consistency issue/
so watch next time...
and another ham in the fridge,
some/ one in the freezer would take
going out in snow, not a bad idea,
not that bad, will see what tonight's
today's storm is like...
Lady in line thinking of her dog,
a dog/ man with a bone
and the ones who care about them,
throwing a bone to the neanderthals
watching TV, i guess, man/ boy and
dog/ woman and trying to keep
them content, perhaps...
Discussion
A place for feedback on the page presented
What cooking/ self care skills do you have?
Enough?
Do you learn more?
Or is that all she/he wrote?
A few basic things, otherwise go
buy/ eat out?
But when eating out isn't an option?
Say stuck in a storm and limited
ingredients?
Have Oyster /soup crackers
and tired of spreading peanut butter
on the little things?
butter run out and can't seem to
top it with CheeseWhiz?
Can deflated and what next?
Learn something and try not to make
yourself sick?
Got the remains of a holiday meal,
and not sure what to do?
Ham for sandwiches in bulk size?
ran out of bread, like in a storm,
don't want to go out to get,
bread maker gathering dust?
Is it soup yet?
Running the stove/ oven
sometimes warms people up too,
hanging around the cooking area
is kinda warmer, and nice coming
back from the cold, snowy, etc
don't slip on wet floors, etc...
Valentines is not having to cook?
Remember the chemistry of cooking
together? Miss that?
Well, learn how, show off?
Try to find Love again?
Why Bother?
Devout bachelor, can make
my own, right?
Well, here's a test,
give it a try?
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