Trinidad Corn Soup

Ingredients

•  lb salted pig tail {substitute with pieces of Ham

  Bacon or Kassler ( this is a smoked pok chop without the bone)}
  1 unit
• of cream style corn
  2 cans
• about 6 fresh or frozen corn on the cob

  cut into 1 inch ( 2.5 cm) pieces
  1 unit
•  lb yellow split Peas
  1 unit
• salt

  pepper to taste
  1 unit
• a fresh hot Trinidad pepper or pepper sauce as substitute
  1 unit
• chicken stock

  either feshly made or made with bouillon cubes
  1 unit
• sweet peppers

  cut small
  2 unit
• tomatoes

  chopped up
  3 unit
• celery

  cut up
  1 unit
• chive

  cut up
  1 unit
• Onion

  cut up
  1 unit
• garlic cloves

  chopped fine
  1 unit
• several leaves chadon bene

  cut small( coriander leaves as substitute)
  1 unit
• a little butter

  or margarine to sauté vegetables
  1 unit