Article: A good Christmas is like pea soup: it's all about the right ingredient.(FOR THE JOURNEY)

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"How come you're eating two bowls?" Linda scowled at me over the top of her half-reading glasses. "You don't usually eat even one full bowl of my pea soup."

"'Cause you made it different," I burped and finished my second bowl. "What did you put in it this time? It's delicious!"

"Well, usually I use yellow peas and add all kinds of stuff like onions, carrots, meat and stock from a ham bone, and several other secret ingredients known only to pea soup sorcerers like me," Linda said. "This time all I used was dried green peas and a few red pepper flakes to kick it up a notch." (Linda likes to watch Emeril Live on TV).

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