pea soup
Americannoun
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a thick soup made from split peas.
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Informal. a dense, yellow fog.
Etymology
Origin of pea soup
First recorded in 1705–15
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That includes honey and butter-glazed seared pork chops, a five-ingredient creamy pea soup, pea and mint risotto and a colorful, protein-packed seasonal salad.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
The canned split pea soup found online, in select grocery stores and in the Santa Nella restaurant is sold through a separate company, and will not be affected by the Buellton closure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
Bhutan’s pea soup, for instance, “reminded me so much of the American split pea soup or, as we make it in Italy, the dry fava soup,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
Not to mention, he added, all the bandannas — along with homemade scarves and sweaters, wool hats, pea soup, vegan matzoh ball soup, cookies, paintings, poems, letters and more.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
He slept heavily for several hours on the bus, woke and daydreamed, napped a little more, woke again at a rest stop and ate a bowl of pea soup.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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