Things are looking up now that I've discovered slow cooker liners. When I can't find them, I line the slow cooker with an oven cooking bag. They seem to be identical except for the dimensions.

Pea soup

Line slow cooker with liner

Wash a one-pound bag of dried green peas (sorry I can't say that in Metric)

Make sure there are no small rocks in the peas. I've seen it happen

Pour in 5 cups water

Slice up a one package of cryowurst into disks. "Cryowurst" is my family's name for sausage such as Eckrich Beef sausage which is about one inch in diameter. It is encased in plastic. The spices and garlic in the sausage will help flavor the soup.

Toss the sliced cryowurst into the pot.

Cover and simmer indefinitely. It may prove advisable to add more water before the day ends.

When the peas are cooked, measure about 1 tsp of dried, leaf thyme. Wet it and stir it into the soup. This is a critical ingredient. Without the thyme, pea soup, in my humble opinion, tastes like animal feed.

If you are not going to eat the soup right away, carefully gather up the liner with the soup still in it, plop it into a bowl, and chill it in the fridge. Freeze half of it, if desired.

Delicious with good bread and raw carrots on the side.