Green Pea Soup Recipe

Boston Soup Recipes, 1880s

Green Pea Soup Recipe

1 quart green peas
1 quart water
1 pint milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour

Put the peas into one pint of boiling water, and cook until soft. Mash them in the water in which they were boiled, and rub through a strainer, gradually adding a pint of hot water, which will help to separate the pulp from the skins. Put on to boil again. Cook the butter and flour in a small sauce pan, being careful not to brown it. Stir it into the boiling soup. Add the salt, sugar, pepper, and milk, which should be hot, using enough milk to make it the consistency you prefer. When the pods are fresh, wash them thoroughly; allow more water, and boil them with the peas.

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