Pea Soup

Pea soup

Pea soup or split pea soup is soup made typically from dried peas, such as the split pea. It appears in the cuisine of many cultures, with a wide range of variations. It is most often greyish-green or yellow in color depending on the regional variety of peas used; all are cultivars of Pisum sativum. Pea soup has been eaten since antiquity and is mentioned in the works of Aristophanes.

Pea

Pea is a pulse or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species. Peas are eaten as a vegetable. The pea is native to the Mediterranean region and southwest Asia, and cultivated nearly worldwide.

Soup

Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot – though it is sometimes served chilled – made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. According to The Oxford Companion to Food, soup is the main generic term for liquid savoury dishes; others include broth, bisque, consommé, potage and many more.

pea soup

Noun

1. A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.
2. A French or French Canadian person.

Adjective

1. Of the color of pea soup (greyish green or dull chartreuse).