1.   And, is it really possible to cook a good bowl of beans without a ham bone?

2.   And, is it really possible to cook a good bowl of bdqns without a ham bone?

3.   At that point remove the ham bone, chop the meat and reserve.

4.   Add ham bone, onion, bell pepper and celery.

5.   Cut the meat from the cooled ham bone or hock and dump it into the soup.

6.   First there were ham bones.

7.   It was easy to put the ham bone in with the beans and let them cook all day while the laundry was being done.

8.   Plop in the beans, onion and garlic, the thyme and basil, pepper and the ham bone.

9.   Some people believe that red beans cannot be cooked without a ham bone.

10.   The leftover ham bone is valuable to bean eaters.