Split Pea Soup
4-inch cube salt fat pork 1 ham bone 2 tablespoons fat teaspoon pepper onion 2 tablespoons flour 1½ teaspoons salt Pick over peas and soak overnight; drain; add cold water, pork, ham bone and onion. Simmer 3 or 4 hours, or until peas are soft. Rub through a sieve. Add the flour mixed with fat to soup. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add seasonings. Thin with milk if necessary.