On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:41:27 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>In article >, notbob says...
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>> On 2016-10-25, Dave Smith > wrote:
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>> > When she was a kid they had a nanny who used to make pea soup
>> > sandwiches for them to take to school. I can understand how she
>> > developed an aversion to it.
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>> Ummmm..... I know about soup and sandwiches. A classic pairing.
>>
>> WTF is a split pea sammy!?
>
>Isn't that colloquial for a black man eating split pea soup?

Actually when times were tough during WWII and years after people ate
cold Campbells pea soup straight from the can spread on white bread,
cold canned Heinz bean sandwiches too. Thing is back then Campbells
soups and Heinz beans cost less then 10¢, often three cans for 25¢.
For the longest time Campbells tomato soup was a nickle. Homeless
people would hang out at Horn & Hardart and eat the food left on
plates, washed down with cups of free hot water with ketchup mixed in.
A 1st class postage stamp cost 3¢.
These beans were very popular:
http://ontarioorchards.com/product/g...ans-16-oz-can/