Pea Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 peck green peas
cold water
1 qt. milk
2 oz. butter
4 Tbsp. flour
salt and pepper

Preparation

Shell green peas.
Wash the peas and put them in a soup kettle.
Cover with cold water.
Boil 20 minutes.
Take out 1 cup and press the remainder through the puree sieve.
Return the soup to the kettle and add milk and 1 cup of peas.
Rub butter and flour until smooth; stir into the soup and stir continually until the soup is thick and smooth.
It should be the consistency of thick cream.
Season with salt and pepper and serve.