On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:30:05 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

> I went to the store, and lentils were almost $2 a pound! (it wasn't
> that long ago that lentils were 39¢ a pound.) Green split peas were
> only 89¢ so I bought those instead. Will they work for this
> application, or should I do something else with them? Green lentils
> cook up gray in color, which was easily overpowered by the brick-red
> chiles. Split peas cook up a vivid green; I'm not sure how that will
> work. Also aren't peas a little sweeter than lentils?

I think they fall apart easier than lentils. That's why split pea
soup is not filled with whole split peas.

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