Winter Pea Soup (Yellow)

Ingredients

• 1 quart split peas
• 2 lb shin of beef
• trimmings of meat or poultry
• a slice of bacon
• 2 large carrots
• 2 turnips
• 5 large onions
• 1 head celery
• seasoning to taste
• 2 quart soft water
• any bones left from roast meat
• 2 quart common stock, or liquor in which a joint of meat has been boiled

Instructions

1. Put the peas to soak over-night in soft water, and float off such as rise to the top.
2. Boil them in the water till tender enough to pulp;
3. then add the ingredients mentioned above, and simmer for 2 hours, stirring it occasionally.
4. Pass the whole through a sieve, skim well, season, and serve with toasted bread cut in dice.