> RE: Historic Liver recipes (was SC - liver )

[Elaine Koogler]

Dried peas are just that, peas taken and allowed to dry out.  Most legumes
(and I believe a number of the species of Vigna and Vicia) can be dried for
extended storage.

Split peas have the membrane which surrounds the individual pea removed.
I'm not clear how the process is done, but it allows split peas to cook
faster than dried peas.  IIRC, split peas show up in the late 17th or early
18th Century, but you might want to check me on that.

Bear

> Also (and not about this recipe) are dry pea beans and split 
> peas the same 
> thing?   (How do they get dried split peas to get like that?  
> Are they 
> regular peas? - be nice - don't laugh at me)  Has anyone ever 
> tasted Hot 
> lentil salad?  did you like it?
> 
> Thanks 
> Phillipa
>