Ham and Cabbage Soup

4 Smoked Pork Hocks
Water
4 cloves of garlic, minced
2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
Several dashes of Tobasco sauce
Salt to taste
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1/2 to 1 cup of diced carrots
1/2 head of green cabbage, chopped into "spoon-sized" pieces.

Put all ingredients except cabbage into a 6 quart pot and cover with water.
Bring to a boil, cover, and then simmer for 2 hours.
Remove pork hocks, let cool, retrieve the meat from them, and then put the meat back into the soup.
Add the cabbage, bring back to a boil, cover, and simmer at least one more hour.