I'm not familiar with Campbell's split pea soup, but my father, an ex-marine and no master of culinary arts, used to make it. You get some dry split peas, which are probably less than a dollar a pound, rinse them in water, put 'em in a pot with water and some cut up carrots and onions, and maybe a little bit of garlic, and simmer for a couple hours. They could be simmering away while you are grading your homework, and you'd have something to look forward to. All you'd need to do is get up every ten minutes or so and stir the pot to make sure nothing sticks to the bottom. Either than or use a pressure cooker. Basic cooking really isn't than much of a chore, and just think how much soup you get from a dollar!

I never got with baked potato chips; I think the oil contributes to the flavor. Agree that most chips are too greasy (and salty). I feel lousy after eating them, as I invarianbly eat too many. So as with chocolate, that's become a couple times a year indulgence.