Potato Soup

Ingredients

• two pounds of potatoes
• one stick of celery
• the white part of two leeks
• two ounces of butter
• a quart of good stock
• a little cream or milk

Method

1. 1

   Slice potatoes, celery, and leeks, and cook in butter.

2. 2

   Add salt and stock, boil for one hour, then press through a sieve.

3. 3

   Boil again for eight minutes, adding cream or milk before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Soup. — Take two pounds of potatoes, one stick of celery, and the white part of two leeks ; cut into thin slices and cook in two ounces of butter; add salt and a quart of good stock, and boil fo»r one hour. Press it through a sieve, boil again for eight minutes, adding a little cream or milk

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