Tomato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. tomatoes
4 qt. water
1 large onion
1 green pepper
11 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch, wet in a little water
1 1/2 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. salt

Preparation

Fry onion in butter.
Boil tomatoes, fried onion and green pepper in the water until soft.
Add the cornstarch.
Strain and rub through a colander.
Add sugar and salt.
This may be put up in glass jars.
The recipe may be varied by omitting 2 quarts of water and diluting with milk to taste.
You may also add one-half stalk of celery at the beginning.
If so, then reduce the cornstarch to 8 tablespoons.