Erwtensoup

I think that's how it's spelled.  Pea soup- a common dish over here.  Last week, Romy (my sister-in-law) and I spent an afternoon together, making our first batch of Erwten soup, and with Mieke's tips, we got all the right ingredients, and it turned out well.

Two surprises for me:
1) the size of the leeks!  I looked up some Canadian recipes for this soup last week, and some of them called for 3-6 leeks.  Only two needed if they're this size!

2) Kohlseleri?  I don't know how to spell it, actually.  But I think it sounds something like that.  It looks like a mix between an octopus, potato and turnip.  It cuts like a turnip, and smells and tastes like celery!  It's PERFECT for soup, because it has the nice flavour of celery, but it can be cooked and mashed with NO stringy things!  Chances are that these are also sold in Canada, but I just overlooked them in the grocery store because they look so unappetizing!

And here's the soup in process... it turned out well!  I didn't take any pictures of the final product, partly because we ate it as soon as it was all done, and partly because, well, cooked split pea soup smells and tastes much better than it looks.