Pea and ham soup

stikiuk

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Don't worry: gammon is ham so go along with any recipe you find suitable although there's not enough time to soak dried peas and make a start on it today.

Thankyou, do the peas have to be soaked?

Pink.

The peas really do need to be soaked or they'll take forever to cook. This thread has lots of advice that should help:

Pea and ham soup

I'll add your thread to it later to keep the replies together.

Pink

Swan_2

you could use green or yellow split peas, they don't need soaking

stikiuk

thanks guys, will soak them over night. Are dried marrowfat peas the best to use?

Swan_2

stikiuk wrote: »

thanks guys, will soak them over night. Are dried marrowfat peas the best to use?

I'm probably in a minority, but I never use marrowfats for pea & ham soup, always split peas, preferably green, it's possibly a Scots thing?

dried marrowfats are best, don't think the canned ones would be very nice unless you needed soup in a huge hurry

do love marrowfats in my Scotch Broth though

FrugalWorker

I use frozen peas - quick and tasty.

stikiuk

green split peas currently soaking will let you all know how it goes tomorrow

Swan_2

stikiuk wrote: »

green split peas currently soaking will let you all know how it goes tomorrow

green splits? ... aaarrrgh, I feel responsible :eek:

stikiuk

went down a storm, thankyou all for your help

[Deleted User]

Hi,

the bags of Morrisons frozen mushy peas (£1) make a good soup as well, oh, and you could throw in a smoked hough.