Spaw,

Such a message to follow! Sheesh. I made a batch of my soup (made a double batch) and it's wonderful! Cooked the ham hock, peas, carrots, celery, onion, and garlic until they were all gooshy (not a technical term, but applicable here). I pulled out my food processor that the mover broke about three years ago (dropped the box and popped a plastic piece off of the lid) and figured out how to stick a piece of bamboo into the safety switch and make it run. I pureed my soup, then added about a cup of minced ham, and the meat off of the smoked ham hock.

SRS