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  • noun dried hulled pea; used in soup

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Examples

  • Eating beans for every meal is the main premise of the holiday, though simply partaking in the festivities with a little split-pea soup should do the trick.

    National Bean Day: Why It's Jan. 6 The Huffington Post 2011

  • Eating beans for every meal is the main premise of the holiday, though simply partaking in the festivities with a little split-pea soup should do the trick.

    National Bean Day: Why It's Jan. 6 The Huffington Post 2011

  • For lunch we had split-pea soup from a mix, with dehydrated peas and corn and some yummy yummy TVP added.

    Liveblogging Mars (updated) 2010

  • Dig a bit deeper and you'll find some pretty odd phenomena coexisting amidst the oenophiles: idyllic green hills, split-pea worship, a super-swanky dude ranch, wine-trail jeep tours, cuckoo clocks galore, cupcake and wine pairings, European fairy tales, a trolley drawn by draft horses, and aebleskivers baseball-shaped Danish pancakes.

    PHOTOS: Going Sideways In The Santa Ynez Valley 2011

  • He specializes in classic dishes such as eggplant parmesan, chicken pot pie and split-pea soup, but uses low-fat, organic ingredients.

    Second Acts Kristi Essick 2011

  • Santorini, the island of romance, is the home of fava, a delicious and nutritious yellow split-pea purée.

    Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

  • Our favorite color was black (they call it “Onyx”) but it also comes in baby blue and split-pea green if you want to look like a tree hugger.

    Gregory z35 Daypack 2009

  • Santorini, the island of romance, is the home of fava, a delicious and nutritious yellow split-pea purée.

    Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

  • He served the company through the noon meal, although it was all he could do to refrain from capsizing the big tureen of split-pea soup over the head of Simon Nishikanta.

    CHAPTER XIII 2010

  • Dig a bit deeper and you'll find some pretty odd phenomena coexisting amidst the oenophiles: idyllic green hills, split-pea worship, a super-swanky dude ranch, wine-trail jeep tours, cuckoo clocks galore, cupcake and wine pairings, European fairy tales, a trolley drawn by draft horses, and aebleskivers baseball-shaped Danish pancakes.

    PHOTOS: Going Sideways In The Santa Ynez Valley 2011

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