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Split Pea Soup

1 cup dried split peas 2½ quarts cold water 1 pint milk 1½ onion 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1½ teaspoons salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2-inch cube fat salt pork Pick over peas and soak several hours, drain, add cold water, pork, and onion. Simmer three or four hours, or until soft; rub through a sieve. Add butter and flour cooked together, salt, and pepper. Dilute with milk, adding more if necessary. The water in which a ham has been cooked may be used; in such case omit salt. 1 can kornlet