Sopa de funcho or Anise soup

Ingredients

 * Neck Bones (Salt the day before) Or meat of your choice such as Beef.
 * 2 Sausage links of Chourico
 * White navy beans or Green split peas. About ½ to full bag (1 lb)
 * Potatoes, diced.
 * Anise green or grass like called Fennell.
 * 1 Head of cabbage chopped up in small strips.

Directions

 * 1) Soak neck bones in salt the day before, then rinse well.
 * 2) If using beef do not soak it in salt over night.
 * 3) Then cook meats and split peas together for about an hour or when meat is done.
 * 4) When meat is tender put in the Funcho chopped up very small and dices potatoes and cook for about another hour.