K-Jon's Split Pea Soup

Ingredients

• 2 cups split peas
• 1 12 cups onions (chopped)
• 1 12 cups carrots (diced)
• 1 cup celery (diced)
• 2 quarts chicken stock or 2 quarts broth
• 1 teaspoon thyme (dried)
• 12 teaspoon oregano (dried)
• 12 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 12 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 12 teaspoons garlic (granulated)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 -2 ham bones, with meat (or 1-2 cups diced Ham) or 1 -2 smoked ham hock (or 1-2 cups diced Ham)
• 13 cup dry sherry
• salt and pepper