Green Pea Soup
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- 1 handful fresh mint
- 1 pint young peas
- 0.25 pound butter
- 2 spoonsful flour
Instructions
- Prepare the soup exactly as you would dried pea soup. In place of celery seed, add a handful of mint chopped small and a pint of young peas. Boil the peas in the soup until tender. Thicken the soup with a quarter pound of butter mixed with two spoonsful of flour.