Soup/Stew/Chowder Pea Soup

pea soup

(from What I Know: Or, Hints on the Daily Duties of a Housekeeper, by Elizabeth Nicholson, 1856)

Ingredients:

1 pint peas​

flour​

milk​

butter​

salt​

pepper​

parsley​

thyme​

Instructions:

Leave 1 pint peas in the pot with the water boiled in; make a thickening of flour, milk and butter, season with salt, pepper, parsley and thyme; boil 10 minutes, and serve. (Children are fond of this.)​

Photo by Bill Ebbesen, CC-3.0​