On Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:38:21 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:13:37 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> On 10/29/2016 12:33 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 10:51:52 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> Agreed. I really don't like anything about split pea soup. Split
>>>> peas aren't related to the fresh/frozen green peas I love, are
>>>> they?
>>>
>>> They're the same thing, the beans are the dried peas.
>>
>> It just seems like some other variety of pea.
>
>Yellow peas are usually mung beans. Green split peas are the typical
>peas from Del Monte and Libby's. Also that mushy shit the Brits eat
>and love <shiver>.
>
>-sw

Most every company selling dried split peas also sells whole green and
yellow dried peas, I usually find Goya but Hispanic markets sell many
other brands and in large sacks... they are not mung beans.
http://www.shoprite.com/pd/Goya/Whol.../041331024938/
http://www.albertsons.com/pd/Goya/Wh.../041331024938/