Frozen-pea Soup

The most famous pea soup was called ‘The London Particular’ because it was as thick as a London fog – which was called, in its turn, a ‘pea-souper’. Peas, in fact, are one of man’s oldest vegetables. Dried, they were an ingredient of the earliest pottages in Britain – and of the famous pease pudding and mushy peas – but it was not until the sixteenth century, when Italian gardeners developed tender varieties, that they could be eaten fresh. For this recipe I’m using frozen peas. This will g