Pea Puree

• 2 cups dried peas
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• 3 pints

Pick over and wash the peas.

Soak over night, or for several hours in cold water.

Put them on to boil in three pints of fresh, cold water and let them simmer until dissolved. Keep well scraped from the sides of the kettle.

When soft, rub through a strainer, add a little boiling water or soup stock, add seasoning and beat.

Put bacon cut in small cubes into a fryin