Swedish Pea Soup (Artsoppa) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups dried yellow peas
1 1/2 lbs unsmoked salted bacon (or 1 small, salted knuckle of pork)
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
salt
pepper
1 bay leaf
thyme
marjoram
mustard (optional)

Preparation

Soak the peas in 2 quarts of water overnight.
Bring the peas to a boil in the water they soaked in.
Add onion, meat and spices except mustard.
Simmer until the meat is done and the peas have softened (about 1 hour).
Take up the meat and cut into pieces.
Put them back in the soup.
Add more spices, if necessary.
Serve hot with mustard.