and so I made a batch of soap, cute little santa’s and pretty little flowers, some are light green, some are pink and some are a swirl of the two colors, they are scent a light clean frosted berry and they look darling.

The rest of the day was laundry, dishes, critters, and our weekly evening online get together for our roleplaying gaming (yes, I know, I know! LOL)

Got a very good visit in with a dear friend of mine (Deb you are awesome!) we live to far to see each other but many once a year or so

On with the recipe.. this is out of a old old cookbook that my dear momma gave me, its filled with old time east coast recipes, this one is for Split pea soup.

• 2 cups of green split peas
• 1 ham bone
• 2 quarts of cold water
• savory
• cayenne pepper
• 2 carrots diced
• 1 onion diced
• 1 celery stalk diced.

Soak your pea’s overnight, put a large left over ham bone with a good amount of meat still on it with cold water and simmer covered for 1 and half hours,  (don’t boil, just a gentle simmer) Then add your pea’s, carrots, onions, clery and seasonings and simmer about an hour to hour and half till the peas are very soft and much, remove your ham bone, rub the soap though a sieve and return to pot to heat though, taste and add salt if needed.

Serve with a fresh bread, or bun for dipping, can put a pat of butter on top with crutons or can serve with a drop of fresh sour cream on top  or a light swirl of cream for pretty pattern to serve it up with!