Homemade Tomato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 qt. ripe tomatoes
1 stalk celery
14 Tbsp. flour
13 Tbsp. butter
8 Tbsp. sugar
7 medium onions
14 sprigs parsley
3 bay leaves
3 Tbsp. salt
2 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Wash, clean and cut up tomatoes.
Chop onions, celery, parsley and bay leaves.
Add to tomatoes.
Cook until celery is tender. Put through sieve.
Make a thin paste of the flour and butter, using a little of the tomato juice.
Add to boiling soup.
Keep stirring to prevent scorching.
Add salt, sugar and pepper.
If it is lumpy, put through sieve again.
Fill pint jars.
Put on lids tightly.
Hot water bath for 15 minutes.
Makes 10 pints.