Swedish Pea Soup

Swedish Pea Soup

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried yellow peas
• 1½ lbs unsmoked salted bacon
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• salt
• pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• thyme
• marjoram
• mustard

Directions

1. Soak the peas in 2 quarts of water overnight.
2. Bring the peas to a boil in the water they soaked in.
3. Add onion, meat and spices except mustard.
4. Simmer about 1 hour.
5. Take up the meat and cut into pieces.
6. Put them back in the soup.
7. Add more spices.
8. Serve hot with mustard.