Spring Pea Soup

Simplicity can really be best, especially in spring, when the new vegetables are young and tender. I was all prepared with scallions and mint when I set out to make this soup. They turned out to be unneeded. The soup didn’t even need salt, but add some if wanted.

The soup is dependent on tender, sweet young peas and the quantity can be divided or multiplied using the following simple formula. Each 3 pounds of peas in the pod give about 1 pound shelled peas; each pound shelled peas s