57. Zuppa di Fagioli

It is said, and rightly so, that beans are the meat of the poor. And when the manual laborer going through his pockets sees with a sad eye that he is unable to buy a piece of meat large enough to make soup for his little family, he often finds in beans a healthy, nourishing and cheap alternative. Moreover, beans take some time to leave the body, quelling hunger pangs for a good while. But . . . and even here there is a but, as there so often is in the matters of this world— and I think you