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Is there a way to make split peas at home? I have had a cursory google search and what seems to come up is that there are certain varieties of pea that the seed coat just falls off and they fall apart. This strikes me as a bit unlikely as there would not be viable seed for the next year's crop. Another source stated that you just remove the seed coat and the pea splits naturally. Fine, but how do you remove the seed coat?

If anyone has any good ideas I would be interested in finding out. I grew some drying (carling) peas this year with a little success and was wondering if there was a way of removing the coat to make split peas.

When saving seed from this years peas, I had to be VERY careful when handling them, because the seed coat had split and broken in so many places that there were just little scraps of it holding the seed halves together. No idea how this affects viability, this is my first year breeding peas.

When growing bean sprouts, I'd soak them overnight first, and often the seed coat would break open and float away, might that be an option? Or would soaking them in lye like hominy work? Hmmm, something to experiment on.