Today we are setting the table with 2 Christmas recipes and stories about soup beans. The happily retired former food writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel Mary \u201cDee Dee\u201d Constantine will share a recipe for warm mulled cider. In Fred Sauceman\u2019s Pot luck radio segment, he shares a story about a festive red and green pear salad. Ronni Lundy sheds light on the question \u201cWhy do we all eat pinto beans\u201d? And seed saver John Coykendall shares a cute little story about a young man who was tired of eating beans.