Dried Pea Soup Recipe

• 1 lb whole green Peas (dried)
• 1 lb smoked Ham (one large piece with bone)
• 1 Onion
• 2 Cloves
• 8 cups Water
• 1 tsp Marjoram (dried)
• Salt to taste

• Wash the peas nicely; soak it overnight in water.
• Drain the water and rinse the peas. Take a pot, add 8 glasses of water, onions and cloves, marjoram, peas and ham.
• Boil them together over low heat and simmer it until they become soft, stirring them occasionally.
• Take out the meat from the soup. Trim it from the bones and cut into small pieces. Add them to the soup again.
• Add salt and simmer it for 2 minutes.