Piglove and Fozziemum are hosting Shopping Around the World and the recipe this month is a dish mom is known for. So it’s time for me to don my Chef’s cap and get mom to assist me. 
I’m dressed to attack our special dish.
Mom is known for her Split Pea Soup. No, she’s not French-Canadian but she loves this cold weather soup.
INGREDIENTS for Day 1,
1 smoked pork hock…..$11.25 for a big smoked pork hock. Size does matter. The bigger and meatier the smoked pork hock, the tastier the pea soup. You’ll need 8 cups of water also.
DIRECTIONS for day 1
Alright, grab your crock pot and utensils. Our crock pot has a 10 cup capacity with room to spare. Two of me could comfortably sit in the crock pot. Although mom doesn’t want me to show you, something about furry soup. Anyway, fill the crock pot with 8 cups of water and throw your smoked pork hock in the pot. . The first thing you want to do is cook your smoked pork hock. A pork hock is very fatty with pockets of meat. You want to cook the crock out of the smoked pork hock. Turn the crock pot on low for 12 hours. The meat should be falling apart when ready. Put the whole hock in a bowl to cool. Put the broth in a separate bowl to cool. You will leave the broth overnight in the fridge so the fat rises to the surface and solidifies.. Mom leaves the bowl with the smoked pork hock overnight too as she’s seen enough of it for the day.
DAY 2
Today you will finish making your soup and can have it for supper.
INGREDIENTS:
1 onion……$0.69
1 and 1/4 cups dried split peas….$0.75
1 cup dried whole peas……$0.70
1/4 cup green lentils……$.35
few celery leaves
2 russet or old potatoes…..$1.50
DIRECTIONS:
Pull that bowl of broth out of the fridge and skim off most of the fat on top. The fat has solidified so it is easy to remove. Keep some of the fat as it has a lot of flavour. The broth is like jelly. Put the broth in the cleaned crock pot. Turn the crock pot on to low. As the broth warms it will liquefy.
Chop the onion small for soups. Throw in your onions, celery leaves,
split peas, whole peas and lentils. Add some salt and pepper to taste. Check crock pot and stir occasionally throughout the day. 
You will see in the soup there is green onion that needed to be used and celery slices that also needed to be used. Celery is delicious in the soup and the green onion just added a wee bit more flavor. 
How about some Silvervine Shoko? The soup would have quite the kick. Sounds ghastly Kali. The Silvervine would be ruined by the pea soup. We’re best to have the Silvervine straight up.
After the crock pot has simmered for about 5 hours add the 2 cut up potatoes. The potatoes should be cut to slightly bigger than mouth sized as they break up in the soup.
Next, get your cooked smoked pork hock out of the fridge and peel all the fat off the meat and rip the meat into small pieces or the size of meat you want. There is a lot of wasted fat in with the meat. Once you’ve pulled the meat apart, throw the meat into your soup. I add some thyme for flavour, about 1/2 teaspoon. This is not necessary. Let the soup cook for another 2 hours to soften the potatoes.
You are finished making your soup. We freeze some of the Split Pea Soup. However, we don’t freeze the potatoes in the soup as they go mushy. 
Your finished recipe. Unfortunately mom and dad got all excited and ate a bowl before taking the picture so it looks like a herd of buffalo were slopping up the soup. MOL They went back for more so it must be good.
May your sandwich holla at your Pea Soup, “Lettuce get together some thyme.”
This sounds delicious! Thanks for the recipe and instructions.
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Enjoy my friend.
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M agrees that silvervine should be used as an appetizer, rather than an ingredient.
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M is totally right. Kali’s not a great soup chef and will try anything. Appetizer Silvervine would be a great way to go. The Silvervine would give one the munchies and the soup will satisfy.
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Mr. M is nodding in agreement 😉 and says that he hopes you all have a wonderful day.
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Dear piggy heavens. Okay it looks wonderful but for obvious reasons I can’t have any – snorts with piggy laughter. But mom/dad said they want to try this STAT. It’s finally starting to get a but chilly willy here. And oh my piggy heavens – daddy snorted LOUDLY when I read to him “May your sandwich holla at your Pea Soup, “Lettuce get together some thyme.” That is hilarious my friend. Thanks for the recipe and laughs – ya’ll rock! XOXO – Bacon
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Piglove… I should think this recipe might terrify you! I mean… just sayin…
Thumper (from Black Cat Mysteries).
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Gee, I was under the impression that Bacon, “was not that type of piggy.” Was I wrong? I wouldn’t try to scare Bacon for the world.
Shoko
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Oh no. My mom/dad have had that “talk” with me and I know I’m not that kind of oinker. Thank goodness huh? Snorts and oinks. XOXO – Bacon
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I’m so relieved…I wouldn’t want you to think I was some pervert murdering any porks on the hoof. You are too special for that.
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Snorts and rolls with piggy laughter. I love that my friend. I never would think that of you – ever. XOXO – Bacon
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I would never ever cook a relative of yours Bacon. The thought is gross! These are different pigs all together.
I’m delighted Jimmy likes my sense of humour. I like his sense of humour too. MOL
Shoko
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Oh I agree my sweet friend. I know I’m not “that type” of pig for sure. I’m the kind of cuddly loving piggy 🙂 The more cuddles from you the better. XOXO – Bacon
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Come here let’s cuddle…oh my it’s hard to get my furry little legs around you bacon. Would you settle for a purr and a cheek rub?
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You betcha!! Winks and oinks. XOXO – Bacon
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I love your soup…. my granny made it the same way, this is the perfect treatment for people with a cold who have a cold day… 4 paws from france!!!
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It is warm and nourishing. It goes down smooth too. It’s always nice to have a container of it in the freezer for those days that some soup would go down well…..8 paws back at ya from Canada.
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Yep, the silvervine should be for dessert!
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That’s a great idea. I’ll start off with dessert, thank you very much.
Shoko
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OMC It takes 2 days to fix a meal? No wonder your pawrents were sop hungry Shoko. We would be starvin’ by dat time. MOL Big hugs to you all.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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MOL..yeah ok you gals!. You’re funny.
Shoko
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You are the cutest chef ever Shoko.. This sounds good ( without the silvervine -sorry Kali).
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Split pea soup – my favourite! A perfect soup for chilly autumn evenings…. Thank you, Shoko and Kali, for your excellent presentation of your Mom’s recipe!
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You are so welcome neighbour. How’s the weather in Alberta?
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Chilly but no snow in the forecast here, not for a few more days at least. The last bit melted, thankfully. 🙂 How is it there?
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Today is rather fresh….to say the least but the sky is very grey and dark. It looks like a snow sky. All our snow earlier in the month is gone.
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We’re getting plenty of snow west of us in the mountains – soon we will be able to go snowshoeing! 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend!
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Mom and dad like the soup. Me? I don’t think so…I’d rsther have dessert. MOL
Shoko
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Sounds and looks good!
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Mom likes it and dad does too but we’d rather have the Silvervine. MOL
Shoko and Kali
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Oh YUM! This sounds totally delish and Mom is gonna give it a whirl – she also promised to give me a chunk or two of the cooked pork (she promises stuff to me all the time and then forgets!). Dad is a soup nut too – Mom makes lots of soups but hasn’t done this one. THANK YOU GIRLS and we agree that silvervine just wouldn’t be good as an ingredient but DEFINITELY would make a charming appetizer or delicious dessert (with whipped cream on top).
Love and Hugs, Sammy
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Mom loves this dish as do her friends without the silvervine. We could have whipped cream with silvervine on top….my mouth’s watering. Yums.
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I’m going to have to try this … thanks!
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We know it takes longer than ordinary pea soup with ham but mom does love this and so do her cronies. Enjoy my friend.
Shoko
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LadyMum sayss that iss thee BEST LOOKIN Pea soup shee has efurr seen!!!!
An Kali save yur Silvervine…it wood not do well with onions an celery an pork…..mew mew mew……
***nose kissesss*** Cuss-inn Dharth Henry xxxxx
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It is good, real good mom says and it’s well worth the 2 days it takes to make it. Mom and dad haven’t had it with silvervine and they don’t fancy it…they have no sense of adventure. MOL
Kitty Kisses,
Kali
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Mew mew mew maybe iss better yur Hu’manss not all spacey on Silvervine Kali…..just sayin….. 😉
**nose kissesss** Dharth Henry xxx
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You’re right Dharth…I never thought of them getting spacey! Mom can be spacey enough so no silvervine for them. Us kitties will keep it.
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TW thinks it sounds delish. I think the ham does and should be given to the cats. TW used to make both pea and lentil soup but not together. She hates celery and won’t put it into anything unless Pop makes her.
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Celery doesn’t HAVE to go in Pea Soup. I knew a lady that put ginger in her pea soup. My lordy, it was ghastly. I wouldn’t recommend it.
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