Bohemian peas- was: [Sca-cooks] Cardamom?

[James Prescott]

> Is there that much difference between dried whole peas and dried split
> peas? I'm not familiar with the process of creating split peas...

It's done by specialists in Belgium, who place each individual pea
in a vice, after examining it from all angles, and with a single
blow from a chisel split the pea into exactly two parts, discarding 
the husk.


Thorvald