Tomato Bisque

Ingredients

• ½ Can or 6 Fresh Tomatoes
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1 Slice Onion
• 1 Blade Mace
• 1 Quart Milk
• 2 Tablespoonfuls Snowdrift
• 4 Tablespoonfuls Flour
• ½ Teaspoonful Soda
• 1 Teaspoonful Salt
• Dash Cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Put the tomatoes with all the seasoning in a saucepan over the fire.

2. 2

   Put the milk in a double boiler, add the Snowdrift and flour nibbed together and stir until smooth and thick.

3. 3

   Strain the tomatoes into the tureen, add the soda dissolved in a tablespoonful of water, the salt and cayenne.

4. 4

   Then add hastily the thickened milk.

5. 5

   Stir a minute and send at once to the table.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Snowdrift secrets (1913) by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TOMATO BISQUE J£ Can or 6 Fresh Tomatoes Put the tomatoes with all the seasoning in 1 Bay Leaf a saucepan over the fire. Put the milk 1 Slice Onion in a double boiler, add the Snowdrift and 1 Blade Mace flour nibbed together and stir until 1 Quart Milk smooth and thick. Strain the tomatoes 2 Tablespoonfuls Snowdrift into the tureen, add the soda dissolved 4 Tablespoonfuls Flour in a tablespoonful of water, the salt and Yz Teaspoonful Soda cayenne. Then add hastily the thickened 1 Teaspoomful Salt milk. Stir a minute and send at once to Dash Cayenne the table. All green vegetables may be made into cream soups, keeping the propor- tions of thickening and liquor according to these recipes. A well beaten egg or a half pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth always adds to the consistency and flavor. SUET DUMPLINGS Chop a half cupful of raw suet; add gradually one cupful of flour and a half teaspoonf ul of salt. Add sufficient water to moisten, roll into dumplings the size of a hazelnut, drop into the boiling soup and cook ten minutes. QUICK TOMATO SOUP 1 Can or 12 Fresh Tomatoes Put the tomatoes, water or stock and all 1 Pint Water or Stock the seasonings into a saucepan. When 2 Bay Leaves hot, add the Snowdrift and flour rubbed 1 Slice Onion together. Stir until boiling; press through 1 Blade Mace a sieve; reheat and send at once to the 2 Tablespoonfuls Snowdrift table. 2 Tablespoonfuls Flour 1 Teaspoonful Salt

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