Tomato And Celery Soup Recipe ingredients

• 1 cup celery cut into half-inch pieces
• 1 pint water
• 1 quart tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1½ tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 bay leaf

To prepare this Tomato And Celery Soup Recipe, first rub the contents of a quart can of tomatoes through a colander. Boil together the celery, water, strained tomato, bay leaf, sugar and salt. When celery is tender, bind the ingredients by rubbing the flour and butter together and pouring over it a little at a time, some of the warm--not scalding--soup. When thoroughly blended, stir into the remainder of the soup, and cook. Boil gently for five minutes. Remove the bay leaf; add sufficient water to make one and one-half quarts soup.