Split Pea Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. green split peas
1 meaty soup bone
1 1/2 c. thinly sliced onion
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. dried crushed marjoram
1 c. diced celery
1 c. diced carrots

Preparation

Rinse
peas.
Combine with 2 quarts of water, ham bone, onion, salt,
pepper
and marjoram.
Bring to a boil.
Cover. Reduce heat
and
simmer
1
1/2
hours.
Stir
occasionally. Remove bone.
Cut off meat and dice.
Return meat to soup; add celery and carrots.
Cook slowly, uncovered, 30 to 40 minutes. Serves 6 to 8.