Split 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.

Split pea

Split peas are an agricultural or culinary preparation consisting of the dried, peeled and split seeds of Pisum sativum, the pea.

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.

split

Verb

1. To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
2. Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

Adjective

1. Divided.
2. Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.

pea

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Peranakan Indonesian.

Noun

1. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
2. A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.

soup

Noun

1. Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture.
2. A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.

Verb

1. To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
2. To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.