This is a great soup, I made it in my slow cooker. Was a great hit with my staff at work, they are nagging me for more. Cheers

The flavor was outstanding. My Dad used to make split pea and ham soup. It is as I remembered except for the carrots. They didn't change the flavor that much, but added a little color to contrast the green peas. My husband loved it.

Very good! I also (like some others) did my hambone in the crockpot overnight. It was very flavorful and very easy this way.

Great recipe. I added carrots, potatoes and dumplings. Spices - bay leaves, cloves and thyme. Awesome!

I had lots of broth when I cooked the bone and ham, so I used 2 20-oz packages of split peas, 2 onions and 2 carrots (that was about a cup of carrots). I sautéed the onion and carrots together in a little bit of olive oil and added them to the broth once I removed the fat from cooling it all night and heated it up. I threw in the peas, and the ham, and because I had used left over honey-baked ham, I added a dash of Worcestershire sauce a teaspoon of thyme, a dash of Cholula hot sauce and 3 bay leaves to cut the sweetness a little. I heated it up a little bit, but had to stop due to unexpected company. Today I started it back and put it on low on the stove and left for about an hour and a half. Well, luck was with me, because I accidentally have hit the button on the stove and it was on High the whole time I was gone! I thought for sure the peas would be stuck to the bottom of the pot – but all that happened was the peas broke down and the soup was done! I did run the immersion blender around a little just to make sure most of it was liquidated. I can’t believe how lucky I was, and also because this soup is GREAT. Thanks for a great recipe!

I make my pea soup using low salt chicken broth and Italian sausage, however, I made a spiral ham recently and decided to use it for this recipe. I didn't think this had enough seasonings and needed to add more to get the flavor I wanted. For me personally, this was just way too salty, but my family thought it was pretty good. Thank you.

First time making pea and ham soup. Very simple and very delicious - my very picky husband adored it.

Very pleased with this recipe, my first time to make pea soup. I followed suggestions to cook ham bone in my crock pot and then used the stock for the soup base, adding sauteed garlic and carrots with the split peas. A pleaser at lunch today.

This soup was great. The only change I made was to add another bag of split peas. I like my pea soup thick.

I used a part tip from 2/28/06 review and simmered the bone overnight in crockpot, refrigerated and defatted. To the 16 cups of ham base, followed recipe adding two bay leaves and another pound of peas...delicious.

We love this soup! I triple the ingredients to ensure there is enough for a day or 2 of leftovers.

Awesome ... ! I gave this a 4 Star rather than a 5 because it was a great base soup and I tweaked it for more flavour (so 1 star belongs to me) LOL I filled a large stock pot with water and put in my ham bone. I cut up lots of ham in order to get rid of it (probably 1/8 of a shank of ham. I made the recipe pretty much as it was written except I doubled the celery & carrots due to the large pot I was making. I added a waxed carton of chicken broth, an envelope of vegetable Oxo granules, a bay leaf, some Season All seasoning and some (1/4 tsp) of crushed garlic (the jar kind). I used 1 small bag of whole yellow peas and 1/2 small bag of split yellow peas which I forgot to presoak but it turned out okay and about 1/4 cup of barley. It is sooooo good! We're eating this as a late lunch and will have it for dinner along with some nice, fresh Italian bread. Another keeper recipe. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Very good base recipe. I personally cook the hambone (with meat attached) in a crock pot with enough water to cover on low overnight. I then transfer the liquid through a fine mesh strainer into a large bowl, refrigerate and then skim any hardened fat from the top. I let the ham bone cool and remove all good meat. I simmer the split peas in the defatted ham broth with the stripped/clean ham bones. I chop up a couple of potatoes, add a bay leaf or two and a few dashes of liquid smoke. I don't add the carrots or ham meat until the last hour of simmering soup so it doesn't get too mushy. I have a rosemary plant and cut off a 6" piece and added during the intial simmering of peas. YUM! Of course you can add or detract whatever spices and I did add about a tblsp of McCormicks Carribean Jerk Seasoning to lend some more spice/earthiness to this soup. Great recipe you can alter to your own tastes! A splash of lemon or lime juice added right before serving gives the soup some zest as well.

This is an excellent recipe. Our local ham shop that sells hams of a honeybaked variety will sell you a ham bone for about $5 USD if you don't want ham to accompany this soup. It still has a lot of meat on the bone as well.

Very good!

This came out good. I added the carrots about 15 minutes till the end to ensure they were not mushey.