Mmmm soup...never made split pea soup from scratch and now I'm half afraid too
. Hope you get to feeling better soon!
BTW, try broccoli soup sometime, easiest thing in the world to make AND it's bright fluorescent green. Just boil the broccoli for about a minute (till it's bright(er) green and the water is a little green too) and throw it into a food pro (much better than a blender). Don't forget to salt your water! Is great with stinky cheese (feta or gouda come to mind) and/or bacon.
Be sure to stay in the soup game!
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Made some homemade split pea soup! I love the stuff. Well, anyway I put some hot soup in the blender to make the soup a little smoother. Yea right! It went all over the kitchen and on me. I burnt my left wrist and was wearing most of what was in the blender on my t-shirt. Not to mention the whole kitchen is covered in split pea soup 
Hurt like hell though. Won't do that again.