Pea soup is soup made, typically, from dried peas. It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures. It is greyish-green or yellow in color depending on the regional variety of peas used; all are cultivars of Pisum sativum.Pea soup has been eaten since antiquity; it is mentioned in Aristophanes' The Birds, and according to one source "the Greeks and Romans were cultivating this legume about 500 to 400 BC. During that era, vendors in the streets of Athens were selling hot pea soup."

Some people think that soups are complicated. And while it’s true that some soups are wonderfully balanced and a little complex to make, not all are. Some soups are best made from a classic combination of meat/fish and vegetables such as minestrone soup, lentil soup or chowder, however sometimes it’s fun to make a soup simple based on one

I bought a Health Valley split pea soup. I opened the soup only to find it infested with dead bugs. All the brown things are actually dead bugs. And to think it cost $4 for being fancy and "green-wise."

A 16 year streak of barflessness ended with a bout of the flu. The Vice President of "parking the pea soup" reflects on the "Ying of Yak’s" record for the ages.

Jeff Tunks, a D.C. chef, uses his own weight-loss success to create a light black-eyed-pea soup.

My fave from when I was a kid is Chicken Pot Pie. You can get the recipe from the Campbell's website. You only need condensed chicken soup, chicken and whatever vegies you can make your kids eat (peas, carrots, onion, beans...) & frozen pastry. So easy but soooo good, yum!