Old Recipe Tomato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 qt. sliced, ripe tomatoes
6 onions, sliced fine
8 Tbsp. sugar
2 springs parsley
20 whole cloves or 15 peppercorns
4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
6 Tbsp. butter
6 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 c. water
whipped cream

Preparation

Boil tomatoes, onions, sugar, parsley, cloves, salt and pepper until vegetables are thoroughly cooked; strain.
Add milk and butter.
Dissolve cornstarch with water and add also.
Boil until slightly thickened.
Serve with tablespoon of whipped cream.