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Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:41:04 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
> >On Apr 20, 9:45*pm, Damsel in dis Dress >
> >wrote:
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> >I love sprit pea soop, as whats-his-name (Buddy ____) used to
> >say....but I like it smoother - I use my stick blender in it. Do you
> >use a hambone in it?
> >
> >;-)
>
> I don't like smooth soups. I want to be able to identify individual
> peas (I don't name them or anything).
>
> We usually make it with pepperoni, but we had ham on hand, so I just
> cut some into cubes and tossed it in with the rest of the stuff. I do
> like using the ham bone for soups. I know that pepperoni sounds
> weird, but it's delicious in this particular soup.
>
> We have a bag of that multi-bean mix, and I'll probably use the bone
> when I make that.
>
> Carol

Carol, ever made a bacon stock? I've done that a couple of times using
those boxes of bacon ends and pieces. Takes a major overnight defatting
prior to using it but it's worth it.

I used it to make lentils. It was fabulous.
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