SPLIT PEA CHICKEN SOUP BY CELESTE & CRYSTAL CERES
We both remember coming home from school on cold winter days as children exclaiming, “This is just what the doctor ordered!” when our eyes caught sight of the warm split pea soup our mom had just finished making. Its steam would permeate our frigid faces, and its delicious aroma made any day, no matter how treacherous, worth it. The first spoonful would be an explosion of delicious flavours. This is the same soup our mom would also look forward to coming home to, back in Guyana.
THE SOUL FOOD PROJECT
The soup’s main components are split peas, chicken, dumplings, sweet potatoes, yams, eddoes, green bananas, yellow potatoes and cassavas. Although the recipe for this soup has a lot of steps, it’s well worth the time and patience. Once you try the first spoonful, you'll understand why making the soup takes so much effort and uses many different ingredients.
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