Southbridge Pea Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. yellow split peas
5 c. water
1 ham bone (with bits of ham attached)
1 onion, cut in quarters
1 bay leaf
1/2 envelope Lipton dried onion soup mix

Preparation

Cover split peas with water in large pot and add rest of ingredients except dried onion soup mix.
Bring to a boil and simmer 3 to 4 hours until peas are mushy.
Remove ham bone and bay leaf and add more water if soup is too thick.
Add 1/2 package dried onion soup mix and cook another 1/2 hour.
Serve with croutons.