Mem'S Pea Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 ham bone
1 lb. peas (whole or split)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 onion, diced
1 tsp. parsley flakes
1/4 c. rice
1 small carrot, diced
1 can hominy (white corn)

Preparation

Soak peas overnight in cold water.
Next morning, drain and put peas in a large pan.
Add ham bone, diced onion and carrot.
Cover ingredients with water and add salt, pepper and hominy (drain and rinse hominy before adding to soup).
Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer until peas and carrot are cooked.
While soup is cooking, be sure that your ingredients are just covered with water. Usually takes about 1 1/2 hours.
About 15 minutes before soup is done, add the rice.