The idea for split pea soup was a good one. And I generally love every recipe I use from one of their publications. But, is any split pea soup really worth over 3 1/2 hours of labor? I didn’t have a tear in my eye when I took my first bite. It’s only split pea soup, after all. As much as I adore Cook’s Illustrated, I’m sure I would have been just as happy with a 45 minute to an hour soup. I mean how good can split pea soup be?! Sometimes achieving ”the best” doesn’t justify the amount of effort that goes into their recipes.
Climbs down off soap box and goes away to warm up the gallon of leftover split pea soup.
