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a pea that got divorced from its skin and thickened into soup anyway
means A dried pea whose seed has been hulled and naturally split in half along its seam, used mainly to make thick soups and stews.
from "Pea" comes from Old English "pise" (via Latin "pisum" and Greek "pison"), originally a singular noun — "pease" — which English speakers later mistook for a plural and trimmed down to "pea." "Split" is the plain descriptive part: when a dried pea is hulled, the two halves (cotyledons) come apart along their natural seam, so "split pea" simply means a pea that has done exactly that.
- the split
- skin removed, then halved along natural seam
- no soak
- cooks fast without overnight soaking, unlike most legumes
- ancient eats
- found in tombs dating back over 9,000 years
- two colors
- green stays grassy, yellow turns mellow and earthy
- protein punch
- roughly 16 grams of protein per cooked cup
for instance
split pea soup — traditional dish made from dried peas split in half, common in european and north american cuisines for centuries