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Bean soup is the kind of sturdy food that makes sense in military and institutional kitchens: dry beans store well, ham bones season a large pot, and the finished soup feeds a line without fuss. The Armed Forces Recipe Service indexes several bean soups, including navy bean soup and bean soup with smoked ham hocks, while the U.S. Senate made a related navy bean and ham soup famous in the Capitol. This home version keeps the mess-hall virtues: simple ingredients, a long simmer, and a bowl that tastes better the next day.