Saturday Nights Dinner: Grey Peas and Bacon

[AlphaDog]

Well, Paul F., you can give it whatever fancy name you want, but that looks like the split pea soup I make. I almost made some last week, too, because I unearthed the bone from the Easter ham in the freezer. Maybe after Christmas.

[Racer X]

good lord ADog! I forgot about that! I have one too, and my crockpot is still on the counter from the pork butts last weekend!

[Paul F.]

Mmmm....


It was really good... *urp*... I'm really full...
AND I have enough leftovers for 2-3 lunches next week.

And FYI; this was thicker than a "soup"... but yeah, it's pretty close to a good pea soup with pork product involvement.

I've got some dishes to do before it becomes green concrete though.

[rgG]

Hey, if it has bacon in it, it's got to be good.

[AAA]

Peas - YUCK

[JoeH]

The type of pea that was called grey peas would have stayed together more than the split peas used. One of my father's uncles used to raise them on a portion of his farm for use in some of the old family dishes. Its been decades since I had any of those. Looking at google, it looks like they have become a specialty item here in the US, and not as available in Northern Europe as they once were. Not just in England, but it appears grey peas and bacon is also a typical Latvian dish.

[Racer X]

I was at the store earlier, and got a bag of pearl barley, and 2 2, lb bags of split green peas. I have the bone and a fait bit of meat from a ham this summer in the freezer. You have inspired me. I just need a big BIG onion and some garlic.

[PeterB]

Actually the peas are themselves pretty healthy ... good amount of fiber and vitamins A and C ... it's the bacon that'll do you in. If it were me, I would substitute the bacon with turkey bacon, and also I'd add pearl onions (they're sweeter than regular onions)... but then, that's me.

[The UnDoug]

Does "Black Country" refer to African American rural recipes? Or some region of the world?

[JoeH]

The UnDoug wrote:
Does "Black Country" refer to African American rural recipes? Or some region of the world?

A region of England, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country.