Trinidad Corn Soup Recipe - Authentic Caribbean flavors from Trinidad and Tobago

Ingredients

• 1 lb (454 g) salted pig tail (substitute with pieces of ham, bacon, or kassler)
• 2 cans of cream style corn
• about 6 fresh or frozen corn on the cob, cut into 1 inch (2.5 cm) pieces
• 1 lb (454 g) yellow split peas
• salt
• pepper
• a fresh hot Trinidad pepper or pepper sauce as substitute
• chicken stock, either freshly made or made with bouillon cubes
• 2 sweet peppers, cut small
• 3 tomatoes, chopped up
• celery, cut up
• chive, cut up
• onion, cut up
• garlic cloves, chopped fine
• several leaves of chadon bene, cut small (coriander leaves as substitute)
• a little butter or margarine to sauté vegetables