Thankfully, both split pea soup and navy bean soup are not difficult to make and infinitely better than the canned variety.

The Navy needed more bean soup. Soon, from a nearby factory, a truck loaded with big black cans rolled out, sped to the Philadelphia airport. The cans were hustled into a plane, flown to San ...

On average, you can plan to serve 1 cup of cooked beans per person. 1 pound of dried beans = 3 cups of dried beans = 6 – 7 ...