Potato Soup

Ingredients

• One and a half pounds of Peeled Potatoes
• One quart of Water or Stock
• Half a pint of Milk
• One ounce of Butter
• One Onion
• Bunch of Herbs
• One tablespoonful of crushed Tapioca
• Pepper and Salt

Method

1. 1

   Wash, peel and slice the potatoes.

2. 2

   Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the potatoes and stir well for three minutes.

3. 3

   Add the stock, crushed tapioca and the herbs tied in a piece of muslin.

4. 4

   Season with pepper and salt and boil for twenty-five minutes.

5. 5

   Pass through a sieve, add the milk and make the soup very hot but do not allow it to boil.

6. 6

   Serve at once in a tureen.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POTATO SOUP Ingredients : One and a half pounds of Peeled Potatoes One quart of Water or Stock Half a pint of Milk One ounce of Butter One Onion Bunch of Herbs One tablespoonful of crushed Tapioca Pepper and Salt

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