A GOOD PEA SOUP

Soak your dried peas over−night. The following day boil some fresh water, and throw in the peas, adding a
few chopped onions and leeks, with pepper and salt. Let the soup simmer for three hours on the top of the
stove, giving it a stir now and then. If you have a ham−bone, that is a great improvement, or the water in
which some bacon has been boiled is a good foundation for the soup, instead of the fresh water.