Cream Of Tomato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 qt. tomatoes
7 medium onions
1 stick celery or 1 tsp. celery seed
1 Tbsp. parsley
3 bay leaves
14 Tbsp. flour
14 Tbsp. margarine
3 Tbsp. salt
8 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Wash and cut up tomatoes.
Chop onions and celery.
Cook tomatoes and next 4 ingredients until celery is tender.
Put through a sieve.
Rub flour and butter into a smooth paste, thinned with tomato juice.
Add to boiling soup.
Add salt, sugar and pepper.
(For smoother consistency, put through sieve again.) Seal by processing 15 minutes in water bath.