A little birdie told me that "GoombaP" > said:

>Throw away that seasoning packet, it's awful. Get a couple of smoked hocks
>and cook them with the soup along with a diced large onion. It's absolutely
>heaven.

We have yet to find even a solitary ham hock in this town. If/when we do
find some, I'm going to stock up.

We're also planning on buying some of Penzey's broth stuff.

Carol
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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon