Cream of Tomato Soup
From Food study, 1917
Be sure that the milk is perfectly sweet. Thicken either the tomato juice or the milk. Omit salt until ready to serve.
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This recipe was extracted from Food study (1917) by Mabel Thacher Wellman, page 131. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP LEMON MILK SHERBET A. Class Experiments. ACIDS AND MILK. The possible effect of heat and acids on sweet milk in making cream of tomato soup. 1. Heat a little milk which is sour, but not separated. Note the result. CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP 273 2. Mix a tablespoon of tomato juice with one of milk, and heat. Note the result. 3. Add tomato juice, drop by drop, to a little milk, stir- ring, and see how much juice can be added before the milk separates. Then reverse the experiment, add- ing the milk to the tomato juice. 4. Make a quarter of a cup of medium white sauce, omitting the salt, and add, stirring slowly, a quarter of a cup of hot tomato juice. Season. 5. Compare the flavor of (4) with soups made by adding a saltspoon of soda to the tomato. Give the reasons for each of the following precautions in the making of cream of tomato soup : 1. Be sure that the milk is perfectly sweet. 2. Thicken either the tomato juice or the milk. Have each hot, and do not heat further after combining ; or combine cold, and heat only to the serving point. 3. Omit salt until ready to serve. 4. Pour the tomato into the milk. 5. Avoid letting the soup stand after it is made. 6. If the milk is old, or the tomato juice very acid, or the soup must stand (as in serving a large number of people), use soda. B. CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP. Prepare a half cup of cream of tomato soup, seasoning by heating onion, or cloves, or bay leaf in the milk
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