Salt Pork Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup dried split peas
6 cups water
2 lbs salt pork, thinly sliced
4 potatoes
4 small onions
flour
1 cup water

Preparation

Simmer dried split peas until almost tender in water.
Brown salt pork in spider until crisp.
Put browned meat in kettle with pease, sliced potatoes, and onions.
In spider add flour to grease left from browning the pork. (You need to add enough flour to absorb all the grease.).
Slowly mix in water and cook until gravy consistency, stirring constantly.
Add gravy to kettle and cook until vegetables are tender, adding additional water as needed.