Split Pea Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. dry green split peas
1 small ham hock or bone
1 medium onion, chopped
1/8 tsp. pepper
6 c. water

Preparation

Rinse the dry green split peas.
Pick out any stems or stones. Put peas, ham hock, onion, pepper and water in a pot.
Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours until ham hock is tender.
Remove ham hock and cut meat from bone.
Cut meat into small pieces.
Return meat into soup.
Heat to serving temperature.