Cream Of Celery Soup No. 1 Recipe ingredients

• 1½ cups diced celery
• 1½ pints water
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 pint white sauce
• Cook the diced celery in the salted water, until tender. The quantity of celery and liquid should equal one and½ pints. To this mixture add one pint of white sauce, made as follows:
• WHITE SAUCE
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hot milk

To prepare this Cream Of Celery Soup No. 1 Recipe, first rub together the butter and the flour, adding gradually the hot milk. Cook this white sauce in a double boiler for ten to fifteen minutes. Add salt.