A Cheap Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• small sliced onion
• a tablespoon of butter
• a tablespoon of flour
• half a can of tomatoes
• a pint of water
• a bay leaf
• a leaf of celery
• a teaspoon of sugar
• quarter of a teaspoon of soda

Method

1. 1

   Brown onion in butter, add flour and rub smooth.

2. 2

   Add tomatoes, water, bay leaf, and celery; simmer for fifteen minutes.

3. 3

   Press through a sieve, return to fire, add sugar and dissolved soda, season with salt and pepper, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 105. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A Cheap Tomato Soup Brown a small sliced onion in a tablespoon of butter, add a tablespoon of flour and rub smooth; then add half a can of to- matoes, a pint of water, a bay leaf, a leaf of celery and simmer fifteen minutes, press through a sieve, return it to the fire; add a teaspoon of sugar, and quarter of a teaspoon of soda

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