U.s. House Of Representatives Bean Soup

Heart in Scripture is used in various ways. Sometimes it means our reason or understanding, sometimes our affections and emotion, and sometimes our will. Generally it denotes the whole soul of man and all its faculties, not individually, but as they all work together in doing good or evil. The mind as it reasons, discerns, and judges; the emotions as they like or dislike; the conscience as it determines and warns; and the will as it chooses or refuses – are all together called the heart.

Jerry Bridges

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Ps &, Stews	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Pounds No. 1 white
		Michigan beans
1		Smoked ham hock

INSTRUCTIONS

Cover beans with cold water and soak overnight. Drain and recover with
water. Add a smoked ham hock and simmer slowly for about 4 hours until
beans are cooked tender. Then add salt and pepper to suit taste. Just
before serving, bruise beans with large spoon or ladle, enough to
cloud. from A Book of Favorite Recipes, Compiled by Wesley  Foundation,
United Methodist Campus Ministry at James Madison  University,
Harrisonburg, Va.  Notes: All about Our Bean Soup--Recipe for Bean Soup
served in U.S.  House of Representatives Restaurant Bean Soup has been
a featured  item on the menu of the House of Representatives Restaurant
since  long before that day in 1904 when the then Speaker of the House,
Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, came into the House Restaurant and
ordered Bean Soup. Then, as now, Bean Soup was a hearty, zesty, and
filling dish; but it was typically hot and humid in Washington that
day; and therefore, Bean Soup had been omitted from the menu.
"Thunderation," roared Speaker Cannon, "I had my mouth set for Bean
Soup," and, he continued, "from now on, hot or cold, rain, snow, or
shine, I want it on the menu every day." And so it has been--Bean  Soup
on the menu every single day since. For our many friends who  over the
years continue to ask for the recipe for this famous soup,  we print it
herewith, just as it has always been made (adapted to  family-size
quantity) in the House Restaurant Kitchen in the Capitol.  ~ - sent via
an evaluation copy of BulkRate (unregistered). Recipe  by: Evelyn
Leakin, Former Food Buyer of the House of Rep.  Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest V1 #369, by Margo_Mead@pmug.org (Margo  Mead) on 12    Jan 1997.

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