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

[Stefan li Rous]

Johnnae asked:
> >> 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
>
> Does one assign the apprentices to complete the task? How many does it
> take to split a bushel?
I don't know. How many peas are in a bushel? :-)

Stefan
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