I just ruined a gallon of split pea soup that I was making. Damn!

[DemoTex]

I had been cooking it for an hour when I remembered a smoked ham hock that I had in the freezer. I pulled the ham hock out and threw it in the soup pot. Now, thirty minutes later, the delightful smells of bay and onions and peas that I had been enjoying have been replaced with a nauseating heavy odor. Seems the ham hock is rancid. Nothing to do now but let the soup cool and throw it out. Fortunately, I have another bag of split peas and all the ingredients for another pot of soup. Meatless, this time.

[underpants]

1. Rancid ham hocks

I HATE rancid ham hocks

[DemoTex]

3. I should have checked it out.

It had been in the freezer for months.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Meatless split pea soup?

Ya got some bacon you can render first? That might give it SOME hammy flavor.

[DemoTex]

6. Actually, I have some good smoked sausage.

It is the same garlic pork sausage that I use in my gumbo (that everyone raves about). That will be good in split pea soup.

[Carni]

4. Oh man! That sucks!

Are you sure my husband hasn't been at your house stocking your freezer? LOL (He has a habit of freezing things that are "iffy") Believe me, I feel your pain because I have been there a few times!

[sui generis]

5. made a lovely lentil soup with kielbasa yesterday

it was gray rainy weather good!

But I left the burner on low through dinner and it scorched the bottom of the pan and so there are no leftovers; there's no flavor in the world quite like scorched beans. Yuck!

[signmike]

7. Ya makin' a Exorcist movie or something?

what else would anybody need a GALLON of it for?

[chaska]

8. Yeah, I was gonna say, just give it to Linda Blair. Naw, she'll just...

spew it back up again.