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hello. my question, sometimes i buy the large bone sold at honey bake ham, can this be used or will it overpower the soup as they request a small ham bone. thanks.

Hi Denise

A honey baked ham bone will work just fine. The soup may be a tiny bit sweeter, rather than smoky...but that's okay. Sometimes I just use leftover ham (from a baked ham) if that's all that I have when the mood strikes me to make this soup.
Just make sure the bone fits in the pot you are using before you get started. Good Luck! Let us know how it turns out for you.

I enjoyed this receipe, used the honey baked ham but rinsed the ham bone well to extract any sweetness. love the soup

In the text recipe it does not say when to put in the ham hock. It seems fairly obvious, but it should probably be written in the text. Soup was delicious.

Off topic somewhat, I do plan on making this, perhaps this weekend, however, I just wanted to request more soup recipes ;-)

Wonderful site, thanks so much. Kind regards,

-mobythor

Using Rouxbe's chicken stock, this soup turned a cool fall evening warm cozy. I did make a mistake with the ingredients, in that I used fresh hocks, not 'ham' hocks, but compensated by adding a hot Portuguese dry smoked sausage I had in the fridge, which made up for the missing 'smoked ham' flavor. Accompanied by a baguette, it made for a simple, yet delicious meal.