From the wrapper of a pound of split peas: 1 lb Goya Yellow Split Peas/ 2 Goya bouillon cubes/ 1 small carrot, diced/ 1 stalk celery, chopped/ salt and pepper to taste/ 6 cups water.
I use more bouillon instead of adding salt, and forage in the fridge, freezer, and root cellar for more veggies, spice s, and herbs.
“*Well, “long-standing” as in “since the first chest freezer showed up”……”
Which was before most of the readers of this strip were born. Mom had one in the forties—and the rest of the calf at the locker plant. My sisters made decorated wastebaskets out of empty ice-cream containers.
Instead of objecting to the plural of spice, GoComics crashed the tab.