3 baked potato soup way Recipes

baking potatoes , cut in half long ways or slit down the middle and scooped out of the whole potato-your preferance, milk, olive oil or butter, salt and pepper, to taste, sour cream or chives or cheese or bacon bits or condensed broccoli cheese soup, straight from the can, add these or anything else you like

butter, onions, finely chopped, carrots, finely chopped, stalk celery, thinly sliced, potato, diced (1/2 lb), meaty ham bone or 1 smoked ham hock, about 3/4 lb, split peas, rinsed & drained, beer (or 1-1/2 cups chicken broth), water, dried thyme, dried marjoram, mustard seeds, crushed, ground cloves (or allspice ), cayenne, beef frankfurters (optional) or 1/2 lb cooked mild sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick (optional), cider vinegar, chopped parsley, sliced green onion, chopped ham , from the soup, egg, flour, baking powder, baking soda, chopped peanuts, chopped parsley