

cheryn
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Are there no dried split peas to be had in Cuenca? by Nards Barley
I have scoured the main markets for split peas to no avail. Has anyone spotted them somewhere? I tried to make my soup with the whole dried peas but hated it. You have to pre-soak the whole peas for an eternity, plus the skins from the peas come ...

Hey, another thing you can do is ask an °µÍø½ûÇø friend to pick up some packages of split peas for you when they go back to the states and bring them back in their checked luggage. We used to live in Mexico and would do this all the time for each ... Read More


Are there no dried split peas to be had in Cuenca? by Nards Barley
I have scoured the main markets for split peas to no avail. Has anyone spotted them somewhere? I tried to make my soup with the whole dried peas but hated it. You have to pre-soak the whole peas for an eternity, plus the skins from the peas come ...

I don't live there yet, but we've been doing a lot of research and I understand you CAN get lentils there. Lentils are cousins of split peas and I use the same recipes interchangeably depending on which one I have on hand. Both lentils and split ... Read More