An unusual culinary goal

[commodorified]

I am attempting to make enough pea soup to feed exactly four people, with no leftovers.

As dried peas appear to be directly descended from Napoleon (la soup du jour de gloire?) this is something of a challenge.

I think I've cracked it, though:

One small hambone or a handful of cooked, diced ham (omit if desired)

1 1/2 C dried green peas
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 3 C veggie broth
4 6 C water
1/4 C onion flakes
2 bay leaves
1 t Pepper
2 T Ozark seasoning

Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, stir every so often for 3 hours or until the peas are correctly mushed)

So far so good ...

ETA

Exactly four servings. Happy slurping has ensued.

Comments

[st_aurafina]

I can only make this soups in batches of 1 million litres, so I am properly amazed at this feat of four bowls only.

(frozen)

[commodorified]

That's my problem too, but I was determined! And it worked! It ended up fairly thin and heavily veggied, which was awesome, but in theory I think 2C of peas and the same amount of
liquid as I used might have been safe and given a thicker soup.