from our Olde Shenandoah Collection

As with all our soup mixes, this Sister's Split Pea Soup Mix is filling and tasty. Bacon, onions and heavy cream - watch out, this one can become a habit!

A well-known nursery rhyme which first appeared in 1765 speaks of

Pease porridge hot,
Pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.

"Pease" is the original form of the word "pea." According to the Baring-Goulds, pease porridge was "a thin pudding," which presumably would be the same thing as a thick soup.

In 19th century English literature, pea soup is referred to as a simple food. In a Thackeray novel, when a character asks his wife "Why don't you ask some of our old friends? Old Mrs. Portman has asked us twenty times, I am sure, within the last two years," she replies, with "a look of ineffable scorn," that when "the last time we went there, there was pea-soup for dinner!" In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Tess remarks that "we have several proofs that we are d'Urbervilles... we have a very old silver spoon, round in the bowl like a little ladle, and marked with the same castle. But it is so worn that mother uses it to stir the pea-soup."

source: http://en.wikipedia.org

ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS
Makes enough for 6 to 8 people with 10 ounce servings.
All you need is a little bacon, diced potatoes, an onion, some cream,and diced celery.

ALLERGY ADVISORY: produced on equipment shared with peanuts and wheat flour.

While we passionately spread the news about our quality products, Montebello Kitchens celebrates its involvement and contributions to local organizations. Montebello Kitchens has Partnered with our local Meals On Wheels organization providing them with bean soups to sell as a fund raiser.

We have also partnered with WorkSource Enterprises in Charlottesville , Virginia to assemble the company's gourmet soup and milled grain mixtures which celebrate the richness of Virginia 's agricultural heritage.

Founded in 1967, WorkSource Enterprises is a 501 (c)(3) organization which provides employment opportunities to people with disabilities that lead to economic self-sufficiency, independence and full inclusion into the community. Click here to visit WorkSource Enterprises.

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