A Moose in Love wrote:
> On May 3, 5:51 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> 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.
>
> You can throw in a smoked turkey drumstick instead of ham. I leave
> the drumstick whole, and when the soup is finished, I throw it out.
> I don't eat the turkey meat. I just doesn't appeal to me, although it
> gives the soup a nice flavour.

That wouldn't work for me. I don't like turkey much but I have an extreme
dislike for smoked foods.