Comments on: Ham and Cabbage Soup

By: Jonie Reed

Jonie Reed — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:38:17 +0000

Excellent recipe. Lots of flavor and we enjoyed every bowl of this.

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:59:12 +0000

This soup was delicious, like really delish.

By: Gracie

Gracie — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:08:52 +0000

Loved this soup more than any soup I’ve had. really wonderful.

By: Johna

Johna — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:32:22 +0000

Wonderful soup for leftover ham. It was so delicious. Had our Easter early because I have to work and now we have this soup.

By: Clinton

Clinton — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:49:37 +0000

Yep the ham hock makes it. Turned out great.

By: Martha

Martha — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:43:06 +0000

This was very good. I really do love cabbage and this had a very pleasing taste.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:05:12 +0000

This was excellent! I make several hams this time of year and used leftovers for this and it was really special.

By: Cathy Pollak

Cathy Pollak — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:34:09 +0000

In reply to Gary.

Gary, this is such a kind note, thank you. I’ve never really gone the newspaper route, aside from when the Chicago Sun-Times was syndicating some of my stuff, but I’ve always liked the idea of that rhythm. It feels very different from the internet.

And I’m with you on the ham hock broth. That’s the kind of thing that makes everything else taste like it was the plan all along. The clove in the onion is a good mood.

By: Keller

Keller — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:58:43 +0000

Made a batch with ham steak and a purchased hock. Turned out great. Can’t wait for the Easter ham to make another batch.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:02:37 +0000

You are such a talented writer. Have you ever considered a small newspaper column? They pay little, if anything, buy many papers are eager for fresh material such as yours. I wrote one for about a decade and absolutely loved it when I lived in a small Michigan coastal town. Two columns a month. I started at 10 dollars a column and ended up with 25.00 a column when another paper lured me away.LOL. From it, I published two small books of reader favorites.

Cabbage has certainly made an impact with grocery inflation. I make ham-hock broth all winter longer and freeze it for recipes such as this. I always add a clove or two stuck in a piece of onion. Thanks for sharing the story and the recipe.