A cooking conundrum

[carbonel]

I'm thinking of making split pea soup using one of those Manischewitz tubes of peas (and five cups of water). I'd like some ham in it. Not a lot, just an ounce or two, in small chunks. I'm not sure where one can obtain a small amount of ham. I can get sliced ham from the grocery, but I'm not sure the machine can slice it a quarter-inch or so thick, which is what I really want.

I suppose normal people do it the other way around, making split pea soup because they have some ham left over from something else, but for various reasons, I've never cooked a ham in my life.