Scandinavian Supper Soup

Ingredients

1 pound split peas
6 cups boiling water
1/2 pound salt pork
3 carrots
1 leek
1 onion
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 frankfurters
1 parsley

Instructions

cooker; pour in boiling water; cover. Let stand 1 hour. 2. Score salt pork and push down into peas; add carrots, leed, onion, salt, thyme, pepper and frankfurters; cover. 3. Cook on low for 10 hours, stirring after 5 hours, if possible. OR cook on high for 5 hours, stirring after 3 hours. 4. Ladle soup into soup bowls; sprinkle with chopped parsley.