My mom used to make bean soup and cornbread once in a while when I was a
kid. It was always Navy bean soup. I liked it except that she put ham in
it. I don't like ham and would have to pick out the chunks to eat it. I
know some people think that adding a pork product to bean soup makes it
taste better. I'm not one of them. Unless it is bean with bacon soup. I
don't mind the bacon in there but you don't usually get big chunks of it.
And I think adding too much fatty pork can sometimes make the soup too salty
and greasy.

Black bean would be my next favorite soup. There is a restaurant where I
get it. It's very spicy and is a vegan soup. When I make it at home it is
vegan except that I am the only one who likes it so I haven't made it in a
long while. I tried the black bean at Panera bread and it was pretty lame.
If I get it again I will have to add some heat to it.

My daughter likes some soup imported from Italy. I like it too but it is
very expensive, IMO at $5.99 for a jar with two small servings in it. It's
called Beans Soup. It appears to have white kidney beans in it and some
sort of tomato product. I would like to be able to find these beans in the
dry form so I could make a big pot of it for cheap. I'm sure she would eat
it every day. Must look next time we go to Whole Foods. I did find the
small white beans. Those are what I use for baked beans. But I'm sure they
will make a good soup too.