Dear Folks, The last time I went grocery shopping I found that they had smoked pork hocks in the meat department. I eyed the package of three pork hocks and noticed that the price tag on it was $2.46. Although that was a bit steep for me for something I just wanted to add flavor and a bit of meat to the soup pot, I bought it anyway. Well, today was the moment of truth. I had boiled/simmered the hocks for several hours, and when I knew that everything was falling off the bones, I removed the pot from the stove and let it cool down to where I could pick out the meat from the fat, bones and all. Although I didn't measure the amount of meat that I managed to retrieve from it all, my guess is that it was less than one cup. Nonetheless, I was still counting on the flavored broth that they had been simmering in. This evening I put all the soup ingredients together. They consisted of the broth, the meat, diced potatoes and canned green beans. Granted, I haven't really tast tested it, but I have an idea that the smoked pork hocks just aren't the same as a ham hock that's left over from a baked ham for Easter dinner. vee