Last “Dutch” winter I wrote about a great Dutch winter tradition: pea soup. Much earlier then expected I am eating it again! Never thought I would ever eat pea soup in July, but as I find myself now in “Australian” winter, the time was right to give Australia a taste of Dutch tradition! :-)

Although that did sound a bit easier then it actually turned out to be… My mamma was so sweet to email me the recipe, but finding all the right ingredients proved to be a little challenge, but thanks to Australian deli’s we were able to find almost all the ingredients! Even a Dutch smoked sausage, although not from Unox.

The trick of letting the soup “sit” overnight with the lid half on the pan worked wonderful and my joy was so great when the next morning the big wooden spoon stood up proudly straight in the pan! Yet my disappointment was so much bigger when I tried to heat up a bit at lunch time and it became a very thin soup… that was not good! Pea soup needs to be thick… Again, my sweet mamma saved the day by telling me to add more split peas… so I did and so it became a success after all! And just as important: People seemed to like it! :-)

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