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As children mom would make us split pea soup and we loved it. It was fantastic to have on a cold winter day loaded with saltine crackers and a glass of milk. I remember those days fondly. When I lived in Europe I missed my American comfort foods which included that soup. One day when I was going through the grocery store looking at pictures (since I didn’t speak the language) I spied something that looked like split pea soup. I bought it, made it and was stunned. It was pea soup, but not like what I grew up with. It didn’t need the saltines to be tasty!

When I spoke to my mother-in-law about it she confirmed it was indeed split pea soup and then agreed to show me the recipe that her mom had taught her. I was intrigued and of course I agreed. She used things like chicken stock, soy sauce, celery root, onions, bouillon cubes and smoked sausage. The result, magnificent. She elevated the soup that I craved to a whole new level.

I never wrote the recipe down (silly me) so I have modified this as the years have past. It’s still of my favorite go-to comfort foods in the winter. It’s a bit of two of my favorite people; my mom and those she learned from and Emilie – a woman who’s love and friendship over the years as meant the world to me

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