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.

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 ...

The House version, a slight variation on the famous Senate restaurant bean soup recipe published in a 1955 House restaurant menu, calls for Michigan beans and omits the onion, ...