Cream of Celery Soup

Ingredients

  • 3 cups celery, cut in 1 inch pieces
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable shortening
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Wash celery and cut into 1 inch pieces

Add water and cook until very soft

Rub through sieve

Heat milk in double boiler

Add milk to celery

Melt fat

Mix flour and seasoning with the fat

Mix into the soup

Those were the original directions to this recipe.

These are my changes to the recipe.

Wash celery and cut into 1 inch pieces

Add water and seasonings

Cook until very soft

Rub through sieve

Put fat in a sauce pan and heat

Add flour

Cook until smooth and bubbly

Remove from heat

Add milk and return to heat

Bring to a boil stirring constantly

Boil one minute

Add soup and stir

Bring to a boil

Serve

I added a little turmeric, cayenne pepper, and super fine ground dry mustard.

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