The Famous Senate Restaurant Bean Soup Recipe (serves 8): 2 pounds dried navy beans. 4 quarts hot water. 1 1/2 pounds smoked ham hocks. 1 onion, chopped. 2 tablespoons butter. salt and pepper to ...

Senate Bean Soup — also called House Bean Soup, depending on which congressional kitchen you're eating from — has been a staple served to lawmakers and their guests every day in the halls of ...

Senate Bean Soup. Staff Writer. The Columbus Dispatch. For E.C., Westerville. Makes about 12 servings. 1 pound dry navy beans. 1 meaty ham bone or 1 1/2 pounds ham hocks. 1 cup chopped onion.

Senate Bean Soup — also called House Bean Soup, depending on which congressional kitchen you're eating from — has been a staple served to lawmakers and their guests every day in the halls of ...

For more than 100 years, bean soup has been on the menu in the U.S. Senate. The soup is a Senate tradition with Idaho historical connections. Senate historians write, “There ...