I will not eat them if you please
I will not eat them fresh and snappy
Steaming them won't make me happy
Those nasty things won't pass my lips
Unless you cook them into bits.
If you soak them beyond recognition
I will eat them of my own volition.
If Instead you call it Green Eggs and Ham Soup,
I'll swig it all down, that tasty green moss goop.
I do so like a Dr. Seuss reference.
It turns my least favorite food into my preference.
That is the story of how my oldest child come to request his least favorite food on a consistent basis. Here's the recipe if you want to try your own little bit of crock pot magic.
Green Eggs n' Ham Soup
Ingredients
1 onion, diced
2tbs butter
2 tsp minced garlic
7 cups water
16 oz package of diced ham
4-5 bacon slices
1 lb dried split peas
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 celery rib, sliced
2 thyme sprigs
2 bay leaves
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Rinse peas and dump them out onto a cookie sheet. Pick out any pebbles, dirt, or suspicious looking almost-peas and discard. The peas that passed inspection go in the crock pot. Saute onions, garlic and butter in a small skillet until onions are soft. Scrape them into the crock pot and add the remaining ingredients except for the diced ham. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Half an hour before you serve, pull out the bacon strips, thyme and bay leaves and discard. Add ham, stir and replace the crockpot lid. Serve with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar and croutons.
*Adapted for the crock pot and my cooking style from America's Test Kitchen Modern Ham and Split Pea Soup
