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Default Pease pudding/porridge vs. split pea soups; was Smurfs movie

On 2015-11-29 4:58 PM, Sky wrote:
> On 11/29/2015 9:10 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2015-11-29, Janet > wrote:
>>
>>> "Pease pudding, also known as pease pottage or pease porridge, is a
>>> savoury pudding dish made of boiled legumes, typically split yellow or
>>> Carlin peas, with water, salt, and spices, and often cooked with a bacon
>>> or ham joint.

>>
>> Sounds like split pea soup, to me. Jes diff colored peas, like
>> different colored lentils.

>
> Aren't (1) "split pea soup" and (2) "split pea soup with ham/" two
> different types of critter, so to speak?? Campbell Soup Company makes
> both versions (1) and (2), IIRC. Over the years, I've solely used the
> former as an ingredient for a simple, luscious "curried crab soup" recipe.
>


Any split pea soup I have eaten had some ham in. If Campbells sells
split pea with ham it probably has little more ham than the other split
pea soups that don't mention it, and likely a lot less than I put in mine.