Potato Soup

Ingredients

• 2 slices of onion
• 3 potatoes, sliced or diced
• 1/2 t. of salt
• 3 C. milk
• 3 T. butter
• 2 T. flour

Method

1. 1

   Cook onion and potatoes in boiling water until soft.

2. 2

   Drain, saving potato water.

3. 3

   Make a white sauce with butter, flour, salt, and milk.

4. 4

   Combine the two mixtures and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A simple course in home economics for rural schools (1916) by Mary Edna Gearing, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Soup Cook— 2 slices of onion — diced 3 potatoes, sliced or diced 1/2 t. of salt Boiling water to cover. Drain; save potato water, and add to potatoes after they have been mashed or diced. Make white sauce. 3 T. butter — melt; add ^ 2 T. flour 1/2 t. salt. Stir until well blended; add gradually, 3 C. milk

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