spanish potage (potaje gallego)

Ingredients

• 1 pound white dried navy beans
• 1 pound stew beef cut in chunks
• 1 large meaty ham bone with meat on it
• 3 large ham hocks
• 1/4 pound salt pork, par boiled and rinsed. cut into slices
• 1 package 12 onces hormel ham chunks
• 2 cloves fresh garlic
• 1 large vidalia onion cut in half
• 1 bunch fresh cleaned cut collard greens
• 1/2 ounce unto optional, 1 tiny piece can be bought at spanish or latin meat market. looks like a pice of salt pork, but has a unique flavor.
• 1/2 pound spanish chorizo or cajun sausage cut into small pieces
• 5 large potatoes, peeled, and cut into quarterd size