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

[Johnna Holloway]

James Prescott wrote:

>>Is there that much difference between dried whole peas and dried split
>>peas? I'm not familiar with the process of creating split peas...
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>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
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Does one assign the apprentices to complete the task? How many does it 
take to split a bushel?

Johnnae