Potato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large onion
1 c. thinly sliced celery
butter
4 Tbsp. flour
1 qt. water
1 qt. rich chicken broth
salt
1 c. grated carrots
6 medium potatoes
1 qt. whole milk
dash of curry powder
dash of white pepper

Preparation

Dice the onion.
Saute onion and celery in butter in 1-gallon soup kettle.
When tender, add the flour and mix to make smooth paste.
Add the chicken stock, water, carrots and potatoes, diced very fine.
Simmer for 1 hour or until vegetables are tender.
Add the milk, curry powder, white pepper and salt to taste.
Bring to simmer again for a few minutes.
Serve hot with crisp crackers.