I just made some homemade pea soup

[MissMillie]

Ya know, it smelled incredible, but it tastes kind of flat. I can think of anything I missed.

If it tasted half as good as it smelled, I wouldn't be so disappointed.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Did you forget celery or onions?

You can spruce up the flat taste with a dollop of sour cream or a dash of cream sherry in the bowl

[MissMillie]

3. nope

plenty of both

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. I edited the post

Salt?

[demnan]

2. Split pea soup?

Did you add carrots. Carrots are good for sweetness, and oregano goes with any kind of legume.

[MissMillie]

5. yep, sure did

in fact when I was in line at the grocery store check out, I had to go back to produce because I had forgot the carrots.

[Momgonepostal]

6. Does it need salt or pepper?

When we cook it, I like to cook some smoked ham or something similar in it. If you're not a meat or ham type of person, maybe a bit of smoke flavoring?

[MissMillie]

7. I used a hamsteak in it

and just added more salt and pepper. Let's hope that makes the difference.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. I'll bet you usually make it with ham hocks, no?

The bone adds a lot of flavor that the HAM does not...also ham hocks are smoked...try a little dash (very little) of liquid smoke if you have it in the pantry.

[MissMillie]

10. actually I use a ham bone from a baked ham

but I wanted to make this for my mother who is having surgery today, and I didn't have time to bake a ham first.

So I bought a ham steak that had a small bone in it.

[Momgonepostal]

9. I'm not a person who salts everything...

...in fact, my mom says I under salt most of the things I cook, but split pea soups needs a generous amount of salt, IMO.

I like it thick. Yum!

[Beer Snob-50]

11. I have some in my freezer that my buddy made

and he poured an overly generous amount of black pepper into. WOW!!

[daisygirl]

12. When I make it, if it needs something extra

I'll add some cavender's Greek seasoning to it. Yum...